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Antonyms for baffle

Grammar : Verb
Spell : baf-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæf əl

Definition of baffle

Origin :
  • 1540s, "to disgrace," perhaps a Scottish respelling of bauchle "to disgrace publicly" (especially a perjured knight), which is probably related to French bafouer "to abuse, hoodwink" (16c.), possibly from baf, a natural sound of disgust, like bah (cf. German baff machen "to flabbergast"). Meaning "to bewilder, confuse" is from 1640s; that of "to defeat someone's efforts" is from 1670s. Related: Baffled; baffling.
  • verb perplex
  • verb hinder
Example sentences :
  • It had seemed to baffle the others; it baffled the big man now.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I have baffled them now for nearly a year, and I can baffle them still.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • Marot's end was to baffle his pursuers and to benefit the exiles.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Haven't we eyes to see this ruin that's coming, and minds to baffle it with?
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Now I like to baffle them—to leave them something to struggle with.
  • Extract from : « A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy » by George Sampson
  • He comes to baffle Pym—he thinks the danger Far off: tell him no word of it!
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • I feared then that you might tell him, and he would make a move that should baffle me.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • Still she strove to be calm and to baffle her tormentor to the very end.
  • Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
  • But Indians have one peculiarity that will baffle even the shrewdest Jew.
  • Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn
  • Summer dusk, especially, is the frolic moment for children, baffle them how you may.
  • Extract from : « The Children » by Alice Meynell

Synonyms for baffle

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