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Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word bamboozled, which means to confuse or fool someone. See examples of bamboozled in sentences and related words.
Learn the origin, synonyms, and examples of the verb bamboozle, which means to deceive or confuse by underhanded methods. Find out how Jonathan Swift disliked this word and how it is used in current English.
Bamboozled is the past tense and past participle of bamboozle, which means to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.
to trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them : Don't get bamboozled by all the jargon. She was bamboozled into telling them her credit card number. Synonym. hoodwink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith. bamboozle. bilk. blackmail. deceive. diddle. fiddle. flannel. grifter. gull.
adjective. deceived through trickery, flattery, or the like; hoodwinked: He feels there’s been a cover-up by the manufacturer and it’s his duty to bring it to the attention of a bamboozled public. perplexed, mystified, or confused: I must have had a very bamboozled look on my face, because she gave me an impatient "What’s your problem, lady?" verb.
verb. conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end. “He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well”. synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow. see more.
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to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into ): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: fool, mislead, delude, rook, gull, hoax, flimflam, defraud, swindle, cheat, trick, dupe, gyp. to perplex; mystify; confound.
