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Synonyms for baffled

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

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Définition of baffled

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 :
  • If the nation was determined it would not be baffled by the Peers.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Tories and Peers especially were enraged, and regarded themselves as baffled.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • It had seemed to baffle the others; it baffled the big man now.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She leaned back in her chair, and surveyed the baffled man amusedly.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Bartlett sat there for one moment the picture of baffled rage.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • And he leaned his head in a baffled, tired way against the planking of the mill.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • So the morning came, and it seemed as though the pirates had been baffled this time.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • His loss had the bitterness of defeat, with the anguish of a baffled passion.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I have baffled them now for nearly a year, and I can baffle them still.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • Every man retired from the spoon, as Clennam did, cowed and baffled.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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