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- Dictionarybaffle/ˈbafl/
verb
- 1. totally bewilder or perplex: "an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone" Similar Opposite
- 2. restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc.): "to baffle the noise further, I pad the gunwales" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction: "you can cut out glare from a strip light by concealing it behind a baffle"
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to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something: She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour. Synonym. flummox informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Puzzle and confuse. addle. baffle. bedazzle. befuddle. bemuse. confuse. discombobulate. disorientate. do someone's head in idiom. flummox. fox. loop
The meaning of BAFFLED is extremely confused or puzzled. How to use baffled in a sentence.
BAFFLE definition: 1. to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
Baffled definition: bewildered or perplexed; puzzled. See examples of BAFFLED used in a sentence.
Baffle means to confuse, bewilder, perplex, or confound. The word usually implies that such confusion causes someone to come to standstill—that it stumps them or makes them completely bewildered. You might be baffled by a difficult riddle or confusing instructions.
BAFFLE meaning: 1. to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something: 2. to cause…. Learn more.
When you're baffled, you're confused or perplexed. Being baffled is being befuddled, bewildered, confounded, or mixed up. If you're baffled, you can't understand something. Some people are baffled by math; others are baffled by things celebrities do.
To baffle is to confuse. If you are completely puzzled as to what baffle means, you might say that this word baffles you. Baffle means "confuse," but it can also mean "amaze." A magician might baffle you with an impressive magic trick.
adjective. lacking in understanding. His baffled expression betrayed his confusion. I must admit, I'm completely baffled. police are baffled by the murder. Scientists are baffled by the find. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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.
