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- pronunciation:
- bae
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
baffles, baffling, baffled |
| definition 1: |
to bewilder; confuse.
The professor's abstruse explanation baffled the students.His wife's sudden departure baffled him.
- synonyms:
- bamboozle, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, perplex, puzzle, stump
- antonyms:
- enlighten
- similar words:
- beat, evade, fog, frustrate, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, stick
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| definition 2: |
to thwart or frustrate by creating confusion; confound.
The strange and complicated case had baffled the police for years.- synonyms:
- befuddle, confound, confuse, disconcert, muddle, nonplus
- similar words:
- befog, daze, delude, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fool, frustrate, mislead, obfuscate, perplex, stick, thwart
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| definition 3: |
to obstruct or deflect the movement of (gases, sound waves, light, liquid, or the like).
- similar words:
- check, deaden, dull, inhibit, muffle, obstruct, restrain
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| related words: |
astonish, astound, befuddle, bother, confuse, mute, pose, vex |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a device for obstructing, deflecting, or controlling the movement of gases, liquid, sound waves, or light.
- synonyms:
- deflector
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| related words: |
muffle |
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| derivations: |
baffling (adj.), bafflingly (adv.), bafflement (n.), baffler (n.) |
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