Bamboozling [verb]
Definition of Bamboozling:
fool; cheat
Synonyms of Bamboozling:
● Mystify
● Perplex
● Befuddle
● Dupe
● Deceive
● Hoodwink
● Delude
● Hoax
● Stump
● Baffle
● Confuse
● Puzzle
● Bilk
● Trick
● Confound
● Swindle
● Defraud
● Con
● Flimflam
Opposite/Antonyms of Bamboozling:
Sentence/Example of Bamboozling:
His name is used to bamboozle the people, to despoil them, and to make them patient asses under their burdens.
He saw he could not fool or bamboozle me in the slightest degree.
This wandering about I considered necessary in order to delay and perhaps bamboozle any police dog put on my track.
It has rather cynically been said that governments are of two kinds—bamboo and bamboozle.
He would sit on a log with a gypsy, and bamboozle him with lies made for the purpose, then thrash him for not believing them.
Another word, bamboozle, has been a sore difficulty with lexicographers.
It is not so with us artists; they could not bamboozle us in this way.
In vain did the philosopher try to bamboozle me into the belief that "it was lard."
But many modern adventuresses have been able to bamboozle the mighty.
A government may bamboozle it or dodge it, but it cannot openly oppose it.