hoodwinked

American

[hood-wingkd] / ˈhʊdˌwɪŋkd /

adjective

deceived or tricked.

Bankers lied to the fearful and easily hoodwinked public about the threat of our financial system collapsing.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of hoodwink.

Other Word Forms

unhoodwinked

adjective

Etymology

Origin of hoodwinked

hoodwink ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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hoodwinked

As it turns out, I’m hardly the only person to have felt hoodwinked, bamboozled, and/or flat-out deceived by my smartphone’s forecasts in 2026.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Even though I could afford it and I needed the operation done, it was hard not to feel a little hoodwinked.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025

Dr Amati worries that "people are being hoodwinked into thinking 'high protein' on a label necessarily means that it is healthy. Honestly, it's another health halo."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

New Yorkers still take pride in not being easily hoodwinked.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

“This has been a terrible ordeal for her. There will be no punishment. Older and wiser wizards than she have been hoodwinked by Lord Voldemort.”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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