boggle means A scruple or objection.
boggle is pronounced /ˈbɒɡ.əl/.
Etymology
Variation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug.
noun
- A scruple or objection.
- A bungle; a botched situation.
verb
- (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.“The dogs went on, but the horse boggled at the sudden appearance of the strange beast.”
- To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.“He boggled at the surprising news.”
- To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.“The vastness of space really boggles the mind.”
- To embarrass with difficulties; to palter or equivocate; to bungle or botch
- To dissemble; to play fast and loose (with someone or something).“I would be loth to exchange consciences with them, and boggle so with God Almighty; but these men by a new kind of Metaphysick have found out a way to abstract the Person of the King from his Office to make his Soveraigntie a kinde of Platonick Idea hovering in the aire, while they visibly attempt to assail and destroy his person […]”
- To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.