baffled
[ baf-uhld ]
/ ˈbæf əld /
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adjective
bewildered or perplexed; puzzled: I went to bed shaking my head, completely baffled and amazed at the strange turn the day had taken.
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.
thwarted: “Every anarchist is a baffled dictator,” wrote Mussolini.
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