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# baffled

adjective (baffled); verb past form of baffle (baffle, baffles, baffled, baffling)

«baffled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Completely confused, not able to understand or explain something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#m1)
2. (past form of baffle) Made someone confused. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character who cannot work something out, often a detective or a teacher with a puzzle. In maths and science it describes a pupil stuck on a hard problem. Phrases: "completely baffled", "baffled by", "left baffled".

### Examples

- I was baffled by the last maths question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x1)
- The detective was baffled by the missing key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x2)
- Scientists were baffled by the strange light in the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x3)
- The magic trick left everyone baffled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x4)
- Grandad looked baffled when I explained the video game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x5)
- Her answer baffled the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x6)
- The puzzle baffled us for an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x7)

### Note

Spelled with double f. Use "baffled by" something. The related adjective "baffling" describes the puzzle itself: "a baffling puzzle" makes you "baffled". Similar words: puzzled, confused, bewildered.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «baffled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«baffled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/baffled.html) on Mova free.