baffled

The word “baffled” has 2 syllables: baf-fled

It's pronounced as /ˈbæfəld/


What is synonym and antonym for baffled?

In the thesaurus, “baffled” has 252 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for baffled along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for baffled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • adhered
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • agnostic
  • agog
  • appalled
  • arrested
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • averted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • balked
  • bamboozled
  • barred
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bested
  • bewildered
  • blocked
  • bollixed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • buffaloed
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • clogged
  • clueless
  • come apart
  • come unzipped
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • cowed
  • cozened
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deceived
  • defeated
  • deluded
  • disappointed
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • equivocal
  • faithless
  • faltering
  • fazed
  • fettered
  • fixed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • foggy
  • foiled
  • fooled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • foxed
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • glued
  • gone
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • hard put
  • hard-pressed
  • held back
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindered
  • hoaxed
  • hobbled
  • hoodwinked
  • humbled
  • humbugged
  • hung up
  • impeded
  • in a dither
  • in a fog
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • indecisive
  • inhibited
  • irresolute
  • joined
  • licked
  • like doubting Thomas
  • lost
  • loused up
  • manacled
  • mastered
  • mazed
  • messed-up
  • mind-blown
  • mired
  • misguided
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mortified
  • mucked up
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not following
  • not with it
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • of two minds
  • offset
  • out to lunch
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • posed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • put out
  • put to it
  • puzzled
  • questioning
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • routed
  • ruined
  • saddled
  • screwed-up
  • screwy
  • set back
  • shackled
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • short-circuited
  • shot to pieces
  • skeptical
  • slap-happy
  • slaphappy
  • snowed
  • spaced out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • startled
  • stopped
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • stymied
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • surprised
  • suspicious
  • taken aback
  • tentative
  • theoretical
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstruck
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • took in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • tricked
  • troubled
  • trounced
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undone
  • unglued
  • unhinged
  • unresolved
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

Antonyms for baffled

  • abetted
  • advanced
  • aided
  • assisted
  • assured
  • aware
  • believing
  • certain
  • clear
  • clearheaded
  • cognizant
  • composed
  • confident
  • confirmed
  • convinced
  • cultivated
  • decided
  • decisive
  • definite
  • determined
  • eased
  • encouraged
  • enlightened
  • exact
  • facilitated
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • furthered
  • informed
  • methodical
  • nurtured
  • ordered
  • organized
  • oriented
  • promoted
  • reassured
  • resolved
  • satisfied
  • secure
  • separated
  • settled
  • smoothed
  • sober
  • straight
  • sure
  • systematic
  • trusting
  • trustworthy
  • trusty
  • undaunted
  • understanding
  • undoubted
  • unfazed
  • unquestionable
  • untroubled

Meanings of baffled

  • verb
    1. To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
    2. To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
    3. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
    4. To foil; to thwart.
    5. To struggle in vain.
  • adjective
    1. Thoroughly confused, puzzled.
    2. Having baffles.

Example Sentences

  • She was baffled by the sudden disappearance of her keys.
  • The scientist remained baffled by the peculiar behavior of the experiment's results.
  • Despite multiple attempts, he remained baffled by the crossword puzzle's clues.
  • The detective was baffled by the lack of evidence in the case.
  • His cryptic message left his friends baffled about his intentions.

On this page you'll find 307 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to baffled, such as: abashed, abetted, addled, addlepated, adhered, advanced, agape.

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Related Words

balked

  • aghast
  • arrested
  • averted
  • baffled
  • barred
  • beat
  • beaten
  • blocked
  • chapfallen
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • clogged
  • complaining
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • crabbed
  • cramped
  • crestfallen
  • crimped
  • defeated
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disillusioned
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • embittered
  • encumbered
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • frustrated
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hopeless
  • hung up on
  • impeded
  • inhibited
  • irked
  • manacled
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nullified
  • objecting
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • offset
  • overcame
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • resentful
  • set back
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shot down
  • stalled
  • stonewalled
  • stopped
  • stymied
  • taken down
  • through the mill
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • ungratified
  • unhappy
  • unsated
  • unsatisfied
  • unslaked
  • up the wall
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • worsted

bamboozled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • amazed
  • astonished
  • baffled
  • baited
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • betrayed
  • bewildered
  • bilked
  • bled
  • blown-away
  • bluffed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • breathless
  • buffaloed
  • burned
  • burnt
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • cheated
  • chiseled
  • chiselled
  • confounded
  • confused
  • conned
  • cozened
  • culled
  • deceived
  • defrauded
  • deluded
  • did a number on
  • diddled
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • dismayed
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dumb
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • euchred
  • faked out
  • fazed
  • finessed
  • flabbergasted
  • fleeced
  • flimflammed
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • fooled
  • foxed
  • fuddled
  • gaffed
  • gammoned
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • had
  • had on
  • hoaxed
  • hoodwinked
  • hornswoggled
  • humbugged
  • hustled
  • juggled
  • kidded
  • knocked
  • led one down the garden path
  • led one up the garden path
  • licked
  • lured
  • mazed
  • misguided
  • misinformed
  • misled
  • mortified
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mulcted
  • mystified
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • outfoxed
  • overcharged
  • overcome
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • played
  • posed
  • put on
  • puzzled
  • rattled
  • ripped off
  • rooked
  • scammed
  • shocked
  • shortchanged
  • skinned
  • snared
  • snookered
  • snowed
  • speechless
  • spoofed
  • squeezed
  • staggered
  • startled
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stung
  • stunned
  • sucked in
  • suckered
  • surprised
  • swindled
  • taken
  • taken aback
  • taken in
  • teased
  • thrown
  • thunderstruck
  • took in
  • trapped
  • tricked
  • unhinged
  • unsettled
  • upset
  • vexed
  • vext
  • victimized
  • weirded out

dazzled

  • absorbed
  • addled
  • affected
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agog
  • appalled
  • aroused
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • attracted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • baffled
  • bedazzled
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bewildered
  • bewitched
  • blind
  • blinded
  • bowled over
  • charmed
  • confused
  • dazed
  • delighted
  • disconcerted
  • distracted
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dumb
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • enamored
  • enchanted
  • engrossed
  • enraptured
  • enthralled
  • enticed
  • entranced
  • excited
  • faint
  • fascinated
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flustered
  • fond of
  • gaga
  • giddy
  • groggy
  • hazy
  • hypnotized
  • in a dither
  • in love with
  • infatuated
  • intoxicated
  • light
  • light-headed
  • lightheaded
  • lost
  • mesmerized
  • misled
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • off balance
  • out of control
  • overpowered
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • puzzled
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • seduced
  • seeing stars
  • senile
  • sent
  • shaky
  • shocked
  • shook-up
  • silly
  • slap-happy
  • smitten
  • snowed
  • sold on
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • staggering
  • startled
  • stuck on
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • surprised
  • swimming
  • taken aback
  • tantalized
  • thrilled
  • thrown
  • thunderstruck
  • tipsy
  • titillated
  • transfixed
  • transported
  • uncertain
  • under a spell
  • unglued
  • unsteady
  • upset
  • vertiginous
  • weak in the knees
  • weak-kneed
  • whirling
  • wobbly
  • woozy

decelerated

faltering

  • aberrant
  • afraid
  • agnostic
  • agnosticism
  • ailing
  • aimless
  • all aquiver
  • ambiguity
  • ambivalent
  • anemic
  • anile
  • anxiety
  • anxious
  • apprehension
  • apprehensive
  • aquake
  • aquiver
  • ashake
  • aside
  • averse
  • averseness
  • aversion
  • avoidance
  • awkward
  • backing down
  • backward
  • baffled
  • balancing
  • bated
  • betwixt and between
  • bland
  • bleached
  • blurred
  • breathless
  • bumbling
  • capricious
  • careening
  • casual
  • caution
  • cautious
  • censor
  • changeable
  • changing
  • claudicant
  • clumsy
  • compunction
  • conflicted
  • confused
  • confusion
  • conscience
  • consideration
  • considering
  • dallying
  • dawdling
  • deadened
  • debate
  • debating
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • deep
  • delay
  • delaying
  • deliberating
  • deliberation
  • delicate
  • demur
  • demurral
  • designless
  • desultory
  • difficulty
  • diffidence
  • diffident
  • dilemma
  • dim
  • disbelief
  • discomfited
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • disconnected
  • discontinuous
  • discordant
  • discredit
  • disinclination
  • disinclined
  • disjointed
  • disordered
  • disquiet
  • disquieted
  • distant
  • distracted
  • distrust
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dithering
  • dizzy
  • dotard
  • doubt
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • drooping
  • dubiety
  • dubious
  • dubiousness
  • dull
  • dumb
  • dusty
  • eccentric
  • edgy
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • epicene
  • equivocal
  • equivocating
  • equivocation
  • erratic
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • failing
  • faint
  • faintheartedness
  • faithless
  • faithlessness
  • far-off
  • fatigued
  • faulty
  • fear
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • fence-sitting
  • fickle
  • fidgety
  • fitful
  • flabby
  • flimsy
  • floundering
  • fluctuant
  • fluctuating
  • fluctuation
  • flustered
  • fragile
  • fragmentary
  • frail
  • fumbling
  • gauche
  • gentle
  • half-hearted
  • halfhearted
  • halting
  • hanging back
  • haphazard
  • hawing
  • hazy
  • hedging
  • hemming
  • hemming and hawing
  • hesitance
  • hesitancy
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hesitation
  • hit-or-miss
  • hoarse
  • hot-and-cold
  • hushed
  • ill
  • ill-defined
  • imperceptible
  • imperfect
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • inadequate
  • inarticulate
  • inaudible
  • incertitude
  • incoherent
  • incohesive
  • incomplete
  • incomprehensible
  • inconclusive
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconstant
  • incredulity
  • indecision
  • indecisive
  • indecisiveness
  • indeterminate
  • indetermination
  • indiscriminate
  • indisposed
  • indisposition
  • indistinct
  • indistinguishable
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • infirm
  • infrequent
  • insecure
  • insubstantial
  • insufficient
  • intermittent
  • irrational
  • irresolute
  • irresoluteness
  • irresolution
  • jellylike
  • jerky
  • jerry-built
  • jittery
  • jumbled
  • labored
  • lack of confidence
  • lacking confidence
  • laid low
  • lame
  • languid
  • lazy
  • lenient
  • lethargic
  • light
  • lightheaded
  • like doubting Thomas
  • limping
  • lingering
  • loath
  • loathe
  • lost
  • loth
  • low
  • low-pitched
  • lumbering
  • lurch
  • lurching
  • maladroit
  • maundering
  • mild
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • moderate
  • moot
  • muddled
  • muffled
  • mumbled
  • mumbling
  • murmuring
  • mute
  • muted
  • muttered
  • muttering
  • nervous
  • nonuniform
  • not following
  • not set
  • obscure
  • occasional
  • of two minds
  • on edge
  • on pins and needles
  • on tenterhooks
  • on the fence
  • on-the-fence
  • open to question
  • oscillating
  • oscillation
  • out of earshot
  • out of order
  • out of place
  • padded
  • pale
  • patchy
  • pause
  • pausing
  • pending
  • pendulous
  • perplexed
  • perplexity
  • piano
  • pondering
  • poor
  • precarious
  • problem
  • problematical
  • procrastinating
  • procrastination
  • puny
  • purposeless
  • pussyfooting
  • puzzled
  • puzzling
  • quaking
  • qualm
  • quandary
  • quavering
  • questioning
  • quiet
  • quivering
  • quivery
  • rambling
  • rattletrap
  • raving
  • reconsideration
  • recurrent
  • reeling
  • rejection
  • reluctance
  • reluctancy
  • reluctant
  • remote
  • repetition
  • restless
  • reticent
  • rickety
  • rocking
  • rocky
  • rootless
  • scruple
  • scrupling
  • second thought
  • self-conscious
  • senile
  • sensile
  • shadowy
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shifting
  • shilly-shally
  • shilly-shallying
  • shuddering
  • shy
  • shyness
  • silent
  • skeptical
  • skepticism
  • slight
  • slow
  • smooth
  • soft
  • softened
  • soothing
  • spasmodic
  • speechless
  • splutter
  • sporadic
  • sputtering
  • squeamishness
  • staggering
  • stammering
  • stifled
  • stoppage
  • stumble
  • stumbling
  • stutter
  • stuttering
  • subdued
  • superego
  • suspense
  • suspicion
  • suspicious
  • swaying
  • teetering
  • tender
  • tense
  • tentative
  • tentativeness
  • tenuous
  • theoretical
  • thin
  • timid
  • timidity
  • timidness
  • to and fro
  • toddling
  • tongue-tied
  • tottering
  • tottery
  • trembling
  • tremorous
  • tremulous
  • troubled
  • tumbledown
  • twinge
  • unanswered
  • uncertain
  • uncertainness
  • uncertainty
  • unclear
  • uncomfortable
  • uncommunicative
  • unconcluded
  • unconnected
  • unconsidered
  • unconvinced
  • unconvincing
  • uncoordinated
  • undecided
  • undetermined
  • uneager
  • uneasiness
  • uneasy
  • unenthusiastic
  • uneven
  • uneventful
  • unfinished
  • unfirm
  • unhandy
  • unintelligible
  • unmethodical
  • unpersuasive
  • unpleasing
  • unpredictable
  • unpunctual
  • unrelaxed
  • unreliable
  • unresolved
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsettled
  • unsolved
  • unsound
  • unspoken
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • unsubstantial
  • unsuitable
  • unsure
  • unsystematic
  • unuttered
  • unvocal
  • unvoiced
  • unwilling
  • unwillingness
  • up and down
  • up in the air
  • vacillant
  • vacillating
  • vacillation
  • vacillatory
  • vague
  • vibrating
  • voiceless
  • wabbling
  • wabbly
  • waffling
  • waiting
  • wan
  • wandering
  • wavering
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weaving
  • weighing
  • whispered
  • wild
  • wimpy
  • wishy-washy
  • without belief
  • wobble
  • wobbling
  • wobbly
  • wooden
  • woozy
  • wordless
  • yielding

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