hornswoggling (Meaning)
hornswoggling
to trick or deceive (someone)
Synonyms & Antonyms of hornswoggling
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Synonyms:
- juggling
- hoaxing
- stinging
- bluffing
- snowing
- leading one down the garden path
- gulling
- conning
- cheating
- doing a number on
- burning
- duping
- cozening
- having
- pulling one's leg
- humbugging
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- teasing
- bamboozling
- having on
- buffaloing
- taking in
- misinforming
- deluding
- spoofing
- snookering
- beguiling
- misguiding
- sucking in
- faking out
- catching
- misleading
- suckering
- gammoning
- hoodwinking
- leading one up the garden path
- gaffing
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hornswoggling Sentence Examples
- The salesman hornswoggled the elderly woman into buying a useless vacuum cleaner.
- The politician hornswoggled the public with promises he had no intention of keeping.
- The scammer hornswoggled investors out of millions of dollars through a Ponzi scheme.
- The magician hornswoggled the audience with an elaborate illusion.
- The con artist hornswoggled the victim into handing over their life savings.
- The lawyer hornswoggled the jury into believing their client was innocent.
- The student hornswoggled the teacher into giving them extra time on their exam.
- The salesman hornswoggled the customer into thinking they needed a warranty on a product that already came with one.
- The doctor hornswoggled the patient into believing their condition was worse than it actually was.
- The politician hornswoggled the electorate with campaign promises that were impossible to fulfill.
FAQs About the word hornswoggling
to trick or deceive (someone)
deceiving, kidding,fooling, tricking, stringing along, juggling, hoaxing, stinging, bluffing, snowing
unmasking, uncovering, exposing,showing up, debunking, undeceiving, disclosing, revealing, telling, uncloaking
The salesman hornswoggled the elderly woman into buying a useless vacuum cleaner.
The politician hornswoggled the public with promises he had no intention of keeping.
The scammer hornswoggled investors out of millions of dollars through a Ponzi scheme.
The magician hornswoggled the audience with an elaborate illusion.
