EGAVE

baffle

About 0.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.
  2. verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.
  3. verb To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
  4. verb Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
  5. verb To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).
  6. verb To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull. Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).
  7. verb To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.
  8. verb Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).

Similar words

bewilder nonplus perplex flummox mystify dumbfound puzzle frustrate stupify stupefy

Often followed by

the and all plates plate is his us him

Word family

baffled bafflement bafflements baffler bafflers baffles baffling bafflingly

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