baffled

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

It's pronounced as /ˈbæfəld/


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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

sabotaged

  • annihilated
  • arrested
  • baffled
  • banged up
  • bottlenecked
  • braked
  • broke
  • checked
  • constrained
  • curbed
  • damaged
  • decelerated
  • defaced
  • demolished
  • depredated
  • desecrated
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  • encumbered
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  • frustrated
  • graffitied
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  • looted
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  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • tore down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • trashed
  • vandalized
  • violated
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wracked
  • wrecked

saddled

  • adhered
  • afflicted
  • baffled
  • burdened
  • caught
  • clogged
  • cluttered
  • encumbered
  • filled
  • fixed
  • freighted
  • frozen
  • glued
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • heaped
  • joined
  • laded
  • ladened
  • loaded
  • lumbered
  • mired
  • mounded
  • oppressed
  • overburdened
  • overloaded
  • overtaxed
  • packed
  • perplexed
  • piled
  • pressed
  • puzzled
  • stacked
  • strained
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • surcharged
  • taxed
  • weighed
  • weighted

obstructed

  • airtight
  • arrested
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barred
  • barricaded
  • blind
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bolted
  • bound
  • bounded
  • braked
  • bridled
  • broken
  • broken off
  • bunged
  • caught
  • chained
  • checked
  • chock-full
  • choked
  • choking
  • clogged
  • closed
  • clotted
  • clumped
  • confined
  • congested
  • constrained
  • controlled
  • corked
  • costive
  • crammed
  • cramped
  • cramping
  • crowded
  • crushing
  • curbed
  • cut short
  • cutting
  • dammed
  • decreased
  • defined
  • delayed
  • deprived
  • derailed
  • deterred
  • diminished
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • discontinued
  • discontinuous
  • discouraged
  • disrupted
  • embarrassed
  • encircled
  • encumbered
  • excluded
  • fast
  • fastened
  • fettered
  • filled
  • firm
  • fixed
  • flooded
  • foiled
  • forbidden
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • furred
  • gave a hard time
  • glutted
  • gorged
  • governed
  • gridlocked
  • haltered
  • hampered
  • handcuffed
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • held up
  • held-back
  • hermetic
  • hermetically sealed
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • immovable
  • impeded
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • ineffable
  • inhibited
  • insurmountable
  • interfered with
  • intermittent
  • inundated
  • irregular
  • jam-full
  • jam-packed
  • jammed
  • leashed
  • locked
  • lodged
  • malfunctioning
  • manacled
  • massed
  • mired
  • mobbed
  • moderated
  • modified
  • muzzled
  • nailed
  • narrowed
  • objectionable
  • occluded
  • out of order
  • overcrowded
  • overfilled
  • overflowing
  • overwhelmed
  • packed
  • packed like sardines
  • padlocked
  • pathless
  • pinching
  • plugged
  • postponed
  • precluded
  • prescribed
  • prevented
  • proof
  • reduced
  • refused
  • reined
  • reined in
  • rejected
  • repressed
  • restrained
  • retained
  • retarded
  • revoked
  • roadblocked
  • ruled out
  • sabotaged
  • sandwiched
  • secure
  • secured
  • shackled
  • short
  • short-circuited
  • shortened
  • shrunken
  • shut
  • shut out
  • silted
  • skintight
  • slammed
  • small
  • smothered
  • smothering
  • snapped
  • sound
  • spiled
  • stayed
  • stiff
  • stifled
  • stopped
  • stopped up
  • stoppered
  • stoppled
  • strangled
  • stuffed
  • stuffed-up
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • suffocated
  • suppressed
  • surrounded
  • suspended
  • swamped
  • swollen
  • teeming
  • tempered
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • tied-up
  • trackless
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • uncomfortable
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • untrodden
  • unworkable
  • up to the rafters
  • vetoed
  • warped
  • watertight
  • wedged

taken aback

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agog
  • amazed
  • annoyed
  • appalled
  • ashamed
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • baffled
  • bamboozled
  • beat
  • befuddled
  • bewildered
  • blindsided
  • blown away
  • blown-away
  • bowled over
  • breathless
  • buffaloed
  • bugged
  • caught off balance
  • chagrined
  • come apart
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • distracted
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dumb
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • dumfounded
  • embarrassed
  • fazed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • fouled-up
  • frozen
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • gone
  • humbled
  • humiliated
  • in a dither
  • in a tizzy
  • in botheration
  • jarred
  • knocked
  • knocked for a loop
  • licked
  • lost
  • messed-up
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mixed-up
  • mortified
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not with it
  • numb
  • out of countenance
  • out to lunch
  • overcome
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • psyched-out
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • puzzled
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • rocked
  • ruffled
  • screwy
  • shaken up
  • shamed
  • shocked
  • shook-up
  • shot to pieces
  • slaphappy
  • spaced out
  • spaced-out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • startled
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • surprised
  • surprized
  • taken by surprise
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstricken
  • thunderstruck
  • troubled
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unglued
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • woolly

vanquished

  • abolished
  • affected
  • aghast
  • annihilated
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • ausgespielt
  • baffled
  • balked
  • beat
  • beaten
  • bested
  • broke
  • broken
  • browbeaten
  • bygone
  • chapfallen
  • circumvented
  • clobbered
  • cold
  • complaining
  • conquered
  • cooked
  • cowed
  • crestfallen
  • crushed
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • deceased
  • defeated
  • defunct
  • demoralized
  • departed
  • depressed
  • despondent
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • disappeared
  • disappointed
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discontented
  • discouraged
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disheartened
  • disillusioned
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
  • dominated
  • done for
  • done in
  • doomed
  • doused
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • drubbed
  • dying
  • eighty-sixed
  • ended
  • enslaved
  • exanimate
  • exhausted
  • exterminated
  • extinguished
  • fallen
  • finished
  • foiled
  • frustrated
  • gone
  • had it
  • heartsick
  • hopeless
  • humbled
  • inactive
  • kaput
  • late
  • licked
  • lifeless
  • lost
  • mastered
  • moved
  • no longer known
  • objecting
  • oppressed
  • outmoded
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • pacified
  • packed up
  • passed on
  • put down
  • quashed
  • quelled
  • reduced
  • repressed
  • repulsed
  • routed
  • ruined
  • shot
  • shot down
  • silenced
  • skunked
  • smashed
  • smothered
  • snuffed out
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • subdued
  • subjected
  • subjugated
  • subordinated
  • sunk
  • superseded
  • suppressed
  • surmounted
  • taken down
  • tamed
  • terminated
  • thrashed
  • through
  • thwarted
  • tired
  • trounced
  • undone
  • unhappy
  • unknown
  • unsatisfied
  • upset
  • vanished
  • void
  • walloped
  • washed-up
  • whipped
  • wiped-out
  • worsted
  • wrecked

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