bamboozle (Meaning)
bamboozle (v)
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
bamboozle (v. t.)
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
Synonyms & Antonyms of bamboozle
Synonyms:
- do a number on
- take in
- shortchange
- euchre
- pull the wool over one's eyes
- chisel
- diddle
- gammon
- lead one down the garden path
- buffalo
- have on
- mulct
- snooker
- have
- pull one's leg
- stick
- skin
- squeeze
- fake out
- swindle
- defraud
- fleece
- rook
- lead one up the garden path
- hustle
- burn
- snow
- string along
- flimflam
- bleed
- put on
Antonyms:
bamboozle Sentence Examples
- The cunning salesman bamboozled the elderly woman into buying an overpriced vacuum cleaner.
- The politician bamboozled voters with empty promises and flowery speeches.
- The magician bamboozled the audience with his seemingly impossible tricks.
- The scammer bamboozled investors into handing over their savings with false investment schemes.
- The child bamboozled her parents into believing she had lost her homework.
- The lawyer bamboozled the jury with legal jargon and technicalities.
- The prankster bamboozled his friend into thinking his car had been stolen.
- The con artist bamboozled tourists into purchasing overpriced souvenirs.
- The fortune teller bamboozled people into believing they had special powers.
- The charlatan bamboozled the public with his outlandish health claims.
FAQs About the word bamboozle
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an endTo deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses
trick,deceive, fool, bluff, gaff, cheat, sucker, suck in, misinform, catch
divulge, divulge, undeceive, expose, show up, tell, uncover, disclose, unmask, expose
The cunning salesman bamboozled the elderly woman into buying an overpriced vacuum cleaner.
The politician bamboozled voters with empty promises and flowery speeches.
The magician bamboozled the audience with his seemingly impossible tricks.
The scammer bamboozled investors into handing over their savings with false investment schemes.
