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baffled
baf·fle B0024500 (băf′əl)tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles 1. To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action: a patient whose condition baffled the physicians.2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).n.1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker. [Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle, to denounce, revile publicly, and French bafouer, to ridicule.] baf′fle·ment n.baf′fler n.baffled (ˈbæfəld) adjlacking in understanding: Police are baffled by the murder.. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | baffled - people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | Adj. | 1. | baffled - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"bewildered, confounded, confused, at sea, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, bemused, lostperplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world" | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeebaffleFinancialSeeBafflebaffled
Synonyms for bafflednoun people who are frustrated and perplexedRelated Wordsadj perplexed by many conflicting situations or statementsSynonyms- bewildered
- confounded
- confused
- at sea
- mazed
- mixed-up
- befuddled
- bemused
- lost
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