| VERB | motion | boggle | startle with amazement or fear |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | boggle | hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear | |
| cognition | boggle, flabbergast, bowl over | overcome with amazement |
| Sounds | baa'gahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | startle with amazement or fear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | startle, jump, start | Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
| Spanish | sobresaltarse | |
| Meaning | hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | hesitate, waver, waffle | pause or hold back in uncertainty / uncertainty or unwillingness |
| Spanish | titubear | |
| Meaning | Overcome with amazement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will boggle him; The good news will boggle her; The performance is likely to boggle Sue | |
| Example | "This boggles the mind!" | |
| Synonyms | flabbergast, bowl over | |
| Broader | surprise | Cause to be surprised |
| Spanish | estupefactar, pasmar | |
| Catalan | esglaiar, espantar, estupefactar | |
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