baffled
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baf·fle
(băf′əl)tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles
1. To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action: a patient whose condition baffled the physicians.
2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).
n.
1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.
[Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle, to denounce, revile publicly, and French bafouer, to ridicule.]
baf′fle·ment n.
baf′fler n.
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baffled
(ˈbæfəld)adj
lacking in understanding: Police are baffled by the murder..
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| Noun | 1. |  baffled - people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| Adj. | 1. |  baffled - 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"perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world" |
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Translations
zmatený
forvirret
ymmällään
zbunjen
困惑した
당황한
förbryllad
ทำให้งงงวย
bối rối
baffled
[ˈbæfəld] adj (= puzzled) [person] → perplexe; [expression] → perplexeI must admit, I'm completely baffled → Il faut l'admettre, ça me laisse vraiment perplexe.
to be baffled by sth → être dérouté(e) par qch
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baffled
→ حَائِر zmatený forvirret verwirrt μπερδεμένος desconcertado ymmällään perplexe zbunjen perplesso 困惑した 당황한 verbijsterd forbauset bezradny confuso озадаченный förbryllad ทำให้งงงวย şaşkın bối rối 令人迷惑的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009