Meaning & use
boggled
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was overwhelmed with astonishment, confusion, or disbelief
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My mind boggled at the sheer scale of the ancient ruins.
She boggled at the price tag before quietly putting the jacket back on the rack.
A note on using this word
It appears most often in the fixed phrase 'the mind boggles,' expressing that something is almost too strange or vast to comprehend.
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