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bollixed

ADJECTIVE

puzzled

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffled bewildered clueless doubtful mystified perplexed rattled

STRONG

discombobulated floored lost nonplussed shook stuck stumped thrown

WEAK

at a loss at sea come apart come unzipped dopey foggy fouled-up hung up in a fog loused up messed-up mind-blown mixed up mucked up screwed-up shook-up spaced out unglued without a clue

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear

WEAK

aware certain cognizant sure

Example Sentences

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The world just seemed too bollixed up for superficial entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2021

Did you realize you had the game won unless you, um, bollixed things up?

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2017

He also hated giving away material for free and loathed how reporters summarized and bollixed his stories.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2016

So I wrote and asked if he was willing to try again, since we seemed to have bollixed things up a bit.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2015

He wondered if he’d bollixed up the breaks.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck