Bamboozled
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bamboozle \Bam*boo"zle\ (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Bamboozled} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"z'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bamboozling} (b[a^]m*b[=oo]"zl[i^]ng).] [Said to be of Gipsy
origin.]
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to
hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [Colloq.] --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? --J. H.
Newman.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bamboozled":
addled, at a loss, baffled, beat, buffaloed, confounded, dazed,
floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense, licked, muddled,
mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, perplexed, puzzled, stuck,
stumped, thrown
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