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Baffle

🔄 Synonyms of "Baffle"

24 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
thwartverb	(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
trounceverb	(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
queernoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
crossnoun	A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
foilnoun	(transitive) To apply the FOIL algorithm to.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
regulateverb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
perplexverb	(transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
bilknoun	(transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
amazeverb	(transitive) To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
gravelnoun	(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
frustrateverb	(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
bewilderverb	(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
nonplusnoun	(transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
flummoxverb	(transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
stupefyverb	(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
dumbfoundverb	(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
puzzlenoun	(countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
stupifyverb	Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.]
mystifyverb	(transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
baffle boardnoun	a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
scotchnoun	(transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Baffle"

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Word	Definition
bewilderverb	(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
nonplusnoun	(transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
perplexverb	(transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
flummoxverb	(transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
mystifyverb	(transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
dumbfoundverb	(transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
puzzlenoun	(countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
frustrateverb	(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
stupifyverb	Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.]
stupefyverb	(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
amazeverb	(transitive) To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
thwartverb	(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
trounceverb	(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.
beatverb	A stroke; a blow.
scotchnoun	(transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
queernoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
regulateverb	To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
crossnoun	A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.