| Main Entry: | boggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astonish |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astound, bowl over, fill with wonder, flabbergast*, overwhelm, shock, startle |
| Main Entry: | astonish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, expect |
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | bungle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder, mess up |
Synonyms: |
ball up, boggle, botch, butcher, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fudge, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, screw up, spoil |
Antonyms: |
do well, fix, manage, succeed |
| Main Entry: | dumbfound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, confuse |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astonish, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, nonplus, overwhelm, puzzle, stagger, startle, stun, surprise, take aback, throw, throw into a tizzy |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain, explicate, lay out |
| Main Entry: | muff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bungle |
Synonyms: |
blunder, boggle, botch, choke*, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fumble, goof up, make a mess of, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, screw up, slip |
| Main Entry: | nonplus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, perplex |
Synonyms: |
astonish, astound, baffle, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor*, flurry, fluster, frustrate, get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage, stagger, stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*, thwart |
Antonyms: |
clear up, educate, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | scruple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balk, have misgivings |
Synonyms: |
be loath, be reluctant, be unwilling, boggle, demur, doubt, falter, fret, gag, have qualms, hesitate, question, shy, stick, stickle, stumble, think twice about, vacillate, waver, worry |
Antonyms: |
not care |
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil, shy away |
Synonyms: |
blench, boggle, contract, cower, cringe, crouch, demur, draw back, flinch, hang back, huddle, quail, recede, refuse, retire, retreat, scruple, shudder, slink, wince, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, take on |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astound, shock |
Synonyms: |
amaze, astonish, boggle, bowl over, confound, consternate, devastate, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, give a shock, nonplus, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, puzzle, shake, shatter, startle, strike dumb, stump, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, take breath away, throw off balance |