Antonyms for buffaloed


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : buhf-uh-loh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌf əˌloʊ


Definition of buffaloed

Origin :
  • 1580s (earlier buffel, 1510s, from Middle French), from Portuguese bufalo "water buffalo," from Latin bufalus, variant of bubalus "wild ox," from Greek boubalos "buffalo," originally a kind of African antelope, later used of a type of domesticated ox in southern Asia and the Mediterranean lands, perhaps from bous "ox, cow" (see cow (n.)). Wrongly applied since 1630s to the American bison. Buffalo gnat is recorded from 1822.
  • As in incensed : adj very angry
  • As in dumbfounded : adj astounded, confused
  • As in impress : verb influence
  • As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
  • As in mystify : verb bewilder, confuse
  • As in nonplus : verb confuse, perplex
  • As in perplex : verb confuse, mix up
  • As in puzzle : verb baffle, confuse
  • As in baffle : verb perplex
  • As in unnerve : verb upset, intimidate
  • As in bully : verb intimidate, push around
  • As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
  • As in deceive : verb mislead; be dishonest
  • As in flummox : verb confuse
  • As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
  • As in hoodwink : verb deceive
Example sentences :
  • But you-all slapped down the stuff in a stampede, sartin you had him buffaloed.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • And since you are so fond of frankness, I will say that I think that Seaton has you buffaloed, as you call it.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • “You certainly had me buffaloed that day, all right,” went on Gunther.
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield
  • When one is too great to be buffaloed he is free to the gun of any man he injures.
  • Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • However, these which are reported over in this area have me buffaloed.
  • Extract from : « Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol » by Henry Harley Arnold
  • The Big Four had us bluffed, bulldozed, buffaloed, licked to a whisper.
  • Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Maybe my turn will come, too, if I don't get buffaloed and stampede.
  • Extract from : « The Song of the Wolf » by Frank Mayer
  • He had his team so buffaloed that they obeyed every order, down to the most minute detail.
  • Extract from : « Football Days » by William H. Edwards
  • Felix said that Ruef would never go across the bay, as he had them all buffaloed.
  • Extract from : « 'The System,' as uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution » by Franklin Hichborn
  • His primary sources were the buffaloed plains and the Plains Indians, whom he knew intimately.
  • Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie

Synonyms for buffaloed

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