Baffle
verb
Confuse or perplex someone.
Her behavior completely baffles me.
Often appears as...
- baffle someone
- baffle by sth
verb
To prevent, block or interfere with something or someone's progress.
Their attempts were baffled by the enemy's superior weaponry.
Often appears as...
- baffle progress
- baffle attempts
noun
A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, sound, or light.
We installed a baffle in the exhaust duct to reduce noise.
Often appears as...
- install a baffle
- baffle in a duct
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Confuse or perplex someone.
Her behavior completely baffles me.
Often appears as...
- baffle someone
- baffle by sth
verb
To prevent, block or interfere with something or someone's progress.
Their attempts were baffled by the enemy's superior weaponry.
Often appears as...
- baffle progress
- baffle attempts
noun
A device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, sound, or light.
We installed a baffle in the exhaust duct to reduce noise.
Often appears as...
- install a baffle
- baffle in a duct
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Use 'baffle' when something is so confusing it's hard to make sense of.
The magician's trick baffled the entire audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Surprised
'Baffle' implies being puzzled deeply, more than just being momentarily surprised.
The sudden change in policy baffled the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
When 'baffled,' a person often feels a mix of surprise and frustration.
I was completely baffled by the ending of the movie.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Use 'baffle' when something is so confusing it's hard to make sense of.
The magician's trick baffled the entire audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Surprised
'Baffle' implies being puzzled deeply, more than just being momentarily surprised.
The sudden change in policy baffled the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
When 'baffled,' a person often feels a mix of surprise and frustration.
I was completely baffled by the ending of the movie.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Situations
Use 'baffle' when something is so confusing it's hard to make sense of.
The magician's trick baffled the entire audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Surprised
'Baffle' implies being puzzled deeply, more than just being momentarily surprised.
The sudden change in policy baffled the employees.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
When 'baffled,' a person often feels a mix of surprise and frustration.
I was completely baffled by the ending of the movie.
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Axolotls: The...
This process could potentially lead to uncontrolled growth and tumor formation. But axolotls are remarkably resistant to cancer. They have a system in place that tightly controls cellular proliferation. To better understand the axolotl’s baffling biology, scientists sequenced its genome.
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How many universes are...
is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? But quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling.
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What can DNA tests...
DNA tests are great at answering some questions, like who your parents are, but can provide baffling results to others, like whether you have ancestors from a particular region. To understand why, it helps to know where our DNA comes from in the first place.
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Yuko Munakata: The...
We learned that planes can withstand forces many times larger. So my husband feels safe flying. He seems genuinely baffled by how anyone could feel otherwise. I get that concept, but only in the abstract. I've never been able to fly the same way since.
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Questions No One Knows...
and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling,
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Re-adapting to Indian...
speechless so he must like my baffle before the look so he turns to the crowd and he says poor lady she has no man to take care of her I will help her so he explains to me you take the car actually
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Puffer Fish PIPE National...
naturally the otter appears baffled he set out to get a fish dinner and instead he seems to be playing a ball game the irony here is that the puffer is protecting both of them
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Real-Life Spider Shoots...
How a spider, no bigger than a thumbnail, can produce so much silk so quickly has baffled scientists.
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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells And announced that I'm
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The Missing Years of...
it is one of the world's great mysteries a biblical conundrum that has baffled
Video examples
Axolotls: The...
This process could potentially lead to uncontrolled growth and tumor formation. But axolotls are remarkably resistant to cancer. They have a system in place that tightly controls cellular proliferation. To better understand the axolotl’s baffling biology, scientists sequenced its genome.
Video examples
How many universes are...
is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? But quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling.
Video examples
What can DNA tests...
DNA tests are great at answering some questions, like who your parents are, but can provide baffling results to others, like whether you have ancestors from a particular region. To understand why, it helps to know where our DNA comes from in the first place.
Video examples
Yuko Munakata: The...
We learned that planes can withstand forces many times larger. So my husband feels safe flying. He seems genuinely baffled by how anyone could feel otherwise. I get that concept, but only in the abstract. I've never been able to fly the same way since.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle. I mean, the theory's been proven true beyond all doubt, but interpreting it is baffling,
Video examples
Re-adapting to Indian...
speechless so he must like my baffle before the look so he turns to the crowd and he says poor lady she has no man to take care of her I will help her so he explains to me you take the car actually
Video examples
Puffer Fish PIPE National...
naturally the otter appears baffled he set out to get a fish dinner and instead he seems to be playing a ball game the irony here is that the puffer is protecting both of them
Video examples
Real-Life Spider Shoots...
How a spider, no bigger than a thumbnail, can produce so much silk so quickly has baffled scientists.
Video examples
Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways...
Today, a baffled lady observed the shell where my soul dwells And announced that I'm
Video examples
The Missing Years of...
it is one of the world's great mysteries a biblical conundrum that has baffled
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J. August Richards
American Actor
Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!
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Stella Young
Australian Comedian
It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.
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Arthur Lewis
Science affects all our ways of thinking about the world: both the physical world, which, if I may make so bold, is easy to understand because it is regular and follows simple laws, and also the social world, which is more baffling and less predictable.
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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
Our mums came on tour and mine was baffled by it all. She kept saying in the car: 'You just do this on your own? Don't you want to be with people? This is so lonely!' I guess we're just used to it. It is a funny little world.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm baffled all the time. We don't know what's driving 96% of the universe. Everybody you know and love and heard of and think about and see in the night sky through a telescope: four percent of the universe.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science.
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Hozier
Irish Musician
Truth be told, I'm not all that comfortable with celebrity culture. That was always something that baffled me, the obsession over fame. I don't think that's a reason why anyone should get into making music.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
Modelling is a bit baffling when you're 18. I just thought, 'Brilliant - I get paid lots of money to walk down a runway.' I didn't think I was signing up to be a poster girl for anything.
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G. Willow Wilson
American Writer
Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.
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J. August Richards
American Actor
Whenever I get an audition to do something that is sci-fi-related, it makes me really happy because I realize that I can continue doing the work that I'm doing and continue meeting people all over the world. It does baffle my management team sometimes, though!
Quote examples
Stella Young
Australian Comedian
It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.
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Arthur Lewis
Science affects all our ways of thinking about the world: both the physical world, which, if I may make so bold, is easy to understand because it is regular and follows simple laws, and also the social world, which is more baffling and less predictable.
Quote examples
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
Our mums came on tour and mine was baffled by it all. She kept saying in the car: 'You just do this on your own? Don't you want to be with people? This is so lonely!' I guess we're just used to it. It is a funny little world.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
I'm baffled all the time. We don't know what's driving 96% of the universe. Everybody you know and love and heard of and think about and see in the night sky through a telescope: four percent of the universe.
Quote examples
Prince Charles
English Royalty
It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science.
Quote examples
Hozier
Irish Musician
Truth be told, I'm not all that comfortable with celebrity culture. That was always something that baffled me, the obsession over fame. I don't think that's a reason why anyone should get into making music.
Quote examples
Sophie Dahl
English Model
Modelling is a bit baffling when you're 18. I just thought, 'Brilliant - I get paid lots of money to walk down a runway.' I didn't think I was signing up to be a poster girl for anything.
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G. Willow Wilson
American Writer
Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
Quote examples
Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish Novelist
The idea that people in novels should be more sympathetic than people in life simply baffles me.
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