hornswoggled
Taken for ride
Hornswoggled means cheated, deceived, or bamboozled.
The word is American slang from the 19th century, now used mostly for humorous effect—it sounds folksy and old-timey: I got hornswoggled by that used car salesman.
To hornswoggle someone is to swindle them through trickery or fast talk.
Thoroughly deceived or confused
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
- connedDeceived for gain
- flimflammedDeceived by trickery
- dupedDeceived into believing
suckered · fleeced · scammed · bilked · rooked · gypped · chiseled · defrauded
Misled by cunning
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- misledCaused to believe falsely
- deludedWrongly convinced of falsehoods
- beguiledDeceived through charm
gulled · taken in · hoaxed · spoofed · snookered · cozened · bluffed · had
Defeated by superior thinking
- outfoxedDefeated by superior cunning
- outmaneuveredDefeated through superior tactics
- outplayedDefeated through better play
- bestedOvercame in a contest
one-upped · finessed · overreached · circumvented · blindsided · caught off guard · run rings around
bamboozled
Thoroughly deceived or confused
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
- connedDeceived for gain
- flimflammedDeceived by trickery
duped · suckered · fleeced · scammed · bilked · rooked · gypped · chiseled · defrauded · cheated
tricked
Misled by cunning
beguiled · gulled · taken in · hoaxed · spoofed · snookered · cozened · bluffed · had · snowed
outwitted
Defeated by superior thinking
- outfoxedDefeated by superior cunning
- outmaneuveredDefeated through superior tactics
- outplayedDefeated through better play
bested · one-upped · finessed · overreached · circumvented · blindsided · caught off guard · run rings around
hornswoggledundeceived
Freed from mistaken belief
enlightened · disabused · wise to it · informed · clued in
hornswoggledsavvy
Practical shrewdness
shrewd · astute · canny · nobody's fool · wise to it