boggles
Confounds the mind
Boggles is the third-person singular of boggle—to be overwhelmed or staggered by something hard to comprehend: The mind boggles at the scale of the universe.
What boggles usually boggles the mind or imagination.
The word suggests a moment of mental hesitation when confronting something too vast, strange, or complex to process easily.
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
incredulity · speechless · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · staggering · overwhelm
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- knottyComplex and difficult
tangled · mind-bending · unfathomable · incomprehensible · impenetrable · inscrutable · enigmatic · abstruse
Thoroughly confused, uncertain
- puzzledConfused by something unclear
- baffledUtterly unable to understand
- flummoxedUtterly perplexed
- stumpedUnable to solve
bamboozled · befuddled · mystified · nonplussed · confused · discombobulated · muddled · addled
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
astonishment · incredulity · speechless · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · jaw-dropping · mind-blowing · staggering · overwhelm · daze
intricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
knotty · tangled · mind-bending · unfathomable · incomprehensible · impenetrable · inscrutable · enigmatic · abstruse · arcane
perplexed
Thoroughly confused, uncertain
stumped · bamboozled · befuddled · mystified · nonplussed · confused · discombobulated · muddled · addled · bewildered
bogglesclarifies
Makes more understandable
makes sense · comprehends · understands · grasps · illuminates
- mind bogglingOverwhelmingly hard to fathom
- boggles the mind
- mind bogglerSomething bewilderingly complex