baffle

(transitive)To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.

I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.

Đồng nghĩa: addle, baffle, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, throw, bemud, bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, blind, dumbfound, entangle, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flurry, fluster, flummox, fuddle, jumble, knot, mix up, muddle, muddy, ravel, perplex, puzzle

(archaic, transitive)To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.

Đồng nghĩa: beat, bring down, convince, chew up, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, flog, humble, kick ass, malavogue, murdelize, outfox, outguess, outrun, outsmart, outwit, overcome, overpower, overwin, own, pulverise, pwn, rape, reduce, spank, steal the show, subdue, subvert, surmount, thrash, trounce, vanquish

(transitive)To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

(obsolete, transitive)To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.

(obsolete, transitive)Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).

(intransitive)To expend effort or struggle in vain.

The ship, baffling with the winds, moved not an inch.

Đồng nghĩa: maffle

(intransitive, obsolete)To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.

(obsolete, transitive)To publicly disgrace (someone); specifically, a recreant knight.

(obsolete, transitive)(generally) To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.

(countable, uncountable)A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.

Tanker trucks use baffles to keep the liquids inside from sloshing around.

(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.

(countable, uncountable)A device to prevent the spreading of sound or light.

sound baffle

(countable, uncountable)A barrier designed to obstruct and confuse enemies, rendering them vulnerable.

(countable, obsolete)An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint; a quibble.

(obsolete, transitive, uncountable)Intentional insult; affront; also, disgrace; (countable) an instance of this.