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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baffled}
     (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Baffling} (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
     Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
     tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
     b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
     beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b[aum]ppe mouth,


     beffen to bark, chide.]
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     1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
        recreant knight. [Obs.]
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              He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
              And baffled so, that all which passed by
              The picture of his punishment might see. --Spenser.
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     2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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              The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
        defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose." --De Quincey.
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              A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
              all.                                  --South.
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              Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
              within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
              nations.                              --Prescott.
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              The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
              us.                                   --Locke.
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     {Baffling wind} (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
        point to another.
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     Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  baffled \baffled\ adj.
     not understanding.
  
     Syn: uncomprehending.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. discouraged by failure to accomplish a goal and uncertain
        how to proceed; -- used especially of feelings of defeat
        and discouragement.
  
     Syn: balked, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  baffled
       adj : 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" [syn: {befuddled},
              {bemused}, {bewildered}, {confounded}, {confused}, {lost},
              {mazed}, {mixed-up}, {at sea}]
       n : people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's
           faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "baffled":
     addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill,
     at an impasse, balked, bamboozled, beat, betrayed, bewildered,
     bilked, blasted, blighted, buffaloed, chapfallen, confounded,
     crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, dazed, defeated,
     disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, floored, foiled,
     frustrated, fuddled, ill done-by, ill-served, in a dilemma,
     in suspense, let down, licked, muddled, mystified, nonplussed,
     on tenterhooks, out of countenance, perplexed, puzzled, regretful,
     sorely disappointed, soured, stuck, stumped, thrown, thwarted
  
  

















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