'Baffled' definitions:
Definition of 'baffled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
noun
People who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"
Definition of 'Baffled'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. [1913 Webster]
- The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened nations. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one point to another. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'baffled'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'baffled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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