baffled

[baf-uhld]

adjective

1. bewildered or perplexed; puzzled.

   I went to bed shaking my head, completely baffled and amazed at the strange turn the day had taken.

2. equipped with one or more baffles, or structures to obstruct the movement of fluids, sound, etc..

   Any spraying operations shall be done within a baffled or enclosed area of the solvent cleaning machine.

3. thwarted.

   “Every anarchist is a baffled dictator,” wrote Mussolini.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of anticipate.

Other Word Forms

• unbaffled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of baffled¹

baffle ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update.

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Shannon is baffled by her self-denial, but Hannah has attained an understanding of home not as a physical place but as a spiritual bulwark, born out of love and patient respect.

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People in a Welsh village were left baffled after St George's Crosses, the symbol of England's patron saint and the country's flag, appeared around the area.

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The names on the winners' list baffled social media users as they are uncommon in the country.

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Alexander McKellar offered to take her to the spot where the body was buried – and her quick thinking was crucial in cracking a case which had baffled police for three years.

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Related Words

• astonished 
• awed 
• befuddled 
• dazed 
• mystified www.thesaurus.com
• perplexed 
• puzzled www.thesaurus.com
• rattled www.thesaurus.com
• shocked www.thesaurus.com
• startled 
• stunned 
• surprised www.thesaurus.com