boggle

boggle
v
1. take alarm, take fright, Inf. push the panic button; start, jump, Inf. jump out of one's skin or pants; shy, fight shy.
2. hesitate, waver, falter, pause, hang back, shillyshally, hem and haw; scruple, demur, object; shrink, recoil, blench, flinch, wince, pull back, Inf. funk.
3. dissemble, disguise, mask, camouflage, obscure, cloud; equivocate, prevaricate, hedge, sidestep, evade the issue, pussyfoot, weasel.
4. bungle, botch, muff, fumble, be all thumbs; All Sl. mess up, foul up, louse up, screw up, goof up, gum up, flub.
5. astound, astonish, amaze, overwhelm, Inf. flabbergast; startle, stagger, shock, bowl over.

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