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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
baffled
adj 1: 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" [syn: baffled,
befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
n 1: people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's
faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
(-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,
beffen to bark, chide.]
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1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
recreant knight. [Obs.]
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He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And baffled so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
--Cowper.
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3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
all. --South.
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Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
nations. --Prescott.
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The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
us. --Locke.
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Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
point to another.
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Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
baffled \baffled\ adj.
not understanding.
Syn: uncomprehending.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain
how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat
and discouragement.
Syn: balked, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
[WordNet 1.5]
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Thesaurus Results for Baffled:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill, at an impasse, balked, bamboozled, beat, betrayed, bewildered, bilked, blasted, blighted, buffaloed, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, dazed, defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, floored, foiled, frustrated, fuddled, ill done-by, ill-served, in a dilemma, in suspense, let down, licked, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, out of countenance, perplexed, puzzled, regretful, sorely disappointed, soured, stuck, stumped, thrown, thwarted |
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