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baffled
Overview of noun baffled
The noun baffled has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) baffled -- (people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled")
Overview of verb baffle
The verb baffle has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")
2. thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")
3. baffle, regulate -- (check the emission of (sound))
Overview of adj baffled
The adj baffled has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea -- (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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled
=> people
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun baffled
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled
=> people
Antonyms of noun baffled
Member Holonyms of noun baffled
Substance Holonyms of noun baffled
Part Holonyms of noun baffled
Member Meronyms of noun baffled
Substance Meronyms of noun baffled
Part Meronyms of noun baffled
Meronyms of noun baffled
Holonyms of noun baffled
Attributes of noun baffled
Derived Forms of noun baffled
Domain of noun baffled
Domain Terms of noun baffled
Familiarity of noun baffled
baffled used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled
> people
=> peoples
=> age group, age bracket, cohort
=> ancients
=> baffled
=> blind
=> blood
=> brave
=> timid, cautious
=> business people, businesspeople
=> damned
=> dead
=> living
=> deaf
=> defeated, discomfited
=> disabled, handicapped
=> doomed, lost
=> enemy
=> episcopacy, episcopate
=> folk, folks, common people
=> free, free people
=> homebound
=> initiate, enlightened
=> uninitiate
=> mentally retarded, retarded
=> network army
=> nationality
=> peanut gallery
=> pocket
=> retreated
=> sick
=> tradespeople
=> wounded, maimed
=> migration
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> nation, land, country
=> poor people, poor
=> rich people, rich
=> populace, public, world
=> population
=> community
=> coevals, contemporaries, generation
=> lobby
=> clientele, patronage, business
=> rank and file
=> smart money
=> unconfessed
=> unemployed people, unemployed
=> womankind
=> chosen people
Meronyms of noun baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled
=> people
HAS MEMBER: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Holonyms of noun baffled
Grep of noun baffled
baffled
Antonyms of verb baffle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb baffle
3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> be
Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 3
baffle, regulate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb baffle
2 of 3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> stump, mix up
=> riddle
=> elude, escape
Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> disappoint, let down
=> dash
=> short-circuit
=> ruin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb baffle
3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 3
baffle, regulate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
'Cause To' of verb baffle
Derived Forms of verb baffle
2 of 3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
RELATED TO>(noun) bafflement#1
=> bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement
Sense 3
baffle, regulate
RELATED TO>(noun) baffle#1
=> baffle, baffle board
Domain of verb baffle
Domain Terms of verb baffle
Familiarity of verb baffle
baffle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb baffle
3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
EX: The bad news will baffle him
EX: The good news will baffle her
EX: The performance is likely to baffle Sue
Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
baffle, regulate
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb baffle
3 senses of baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> demoralize
=> perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> disorient, disorientate
Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
=> save, make unnecessary
=> debar, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
=> obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
=> thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> stop, halt, block, kibosh
Sense 3
baffle, regulate
> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> reduce, tighten
=> tie
=> gate
=> draw the line, draw a line
=> mark off, mark out
=> rule, harness, rein
=> baffle, regulate
=> hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
=> stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
=> clamp down, crack down
=> inhibit
=> restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb baffle
Sense 1
perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
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Sense 2
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
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Sense 3
baffle, regulate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
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Grep of verb baffle
baffle
Antonyms of adj baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
INDIRECT (VIA perplexed) -> unperplexed
Similarity of adj baffled
1 sense of baffled
Sense 1
baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
=> perplexed (vs. unperplexed)
Pertainyms of adj baffled
Attributes of adj baffled
Domain of adj baffled
Domain Terms of adj baffled
Familiarity of adj baffled
baffled used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj baffled
baffled
unbaffled
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