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What is another word for being baffled?

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Adjective

Filled with confusion or bewilderment

Questioning or suggesting puzzlement or curiosity

Defeated of expectation or hope

(of a person) Not concentrating or thinking clearly

Past tense for to confound or perplex someone

Past tense for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Past tense for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

Past tense for to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

(beggar belief) Past tense for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Past tense for to deceive or cheat

Past tense for to discourage or overwhelm

Past tense for to avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

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Adjective

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Filled with confusion or bewilderment

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

uncertain which way to turn

had their heads messed with

woolly^UK

wooly^US

in a state of confusion

caused to be at a stand

up against a brick wall

without an answer

awe-struck

out of it

made to scratch their head

off-balance

off balance

not knowing if you are coming or going

filled with astonishment

filled with amazement

marveling^US

marvelling^UK

weak in the knees

wondering

unable to believe your eyes

unable to believe one's ears

caught on the wrong foot

driven to distraction

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“Scientists were baffled by the DNA in so-called yeti hair discovered by a British expedition in Bhutan two years ago.”

Adjective

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Questioning or suggesting puzzlement or curiosity

quizzical

curious

questioning

enquiring^UK

inquiring^US

mystified

perplexed

puzzled

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

burning with curiosity

focused^US

focussed^UK

eat sleep and breathe

enamoured^UK

enamored^US

fond

crazed

smitten

mesmerised^UK

mesmerized^US

enamored of^UK

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Adjective

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Defeated of expectation or hope

baulked^UK

balked^US

overpowered physically

checkmated

whitewashed

devastated

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Adjective

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(of a person) Not concentrating or thinking clearly

with a mind like a sieve

with your head in the clouds

in a world of your own

driven to distraction

lacking concentration

not concentrating

off in a world of one's own

with a memory like a sieve

fantasizing^US

fantasising^UK

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Verb

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Past tense for to confound or perplex someone

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

setted someone thinking

mixed up

made someone scratch their head

boggled the mind of

caused to be at a stand

put someone off their stroke

put out of countenance

put someone off their stride

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

balked^US

baulked^UK

messed with one's head

shaken up

shook up

made your head spin

stopped someone in their tracks

setted someone back on their heels

caused to lose your bearings

demoralized^US

terrorized^US

demoralised^UK

terrorised^UK

pulled the rug out from under

left aghast

screwed up

boggled the mind

caused someone to lose their composure

knocked the stuffing out of

muddied the waters

bumfuzzled

filled with amazement

pulled the rug from under

hit like a ton of bricks

took your breath away

taken your breath away

knocked over with feather

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

swept someone off their feet

sprang on

clouded the issue

muddied the waters of

taken the wind out of your sails

stricken with awe

took the wind out of your sails

thrown for a loop

threw for a loop

threw up smoke screen

thrown up smoke screen

threw a veil over

thrown a veil over

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“The magician's sleight of hand thoroughly baffle the audience, leaving them in awe and confusion.”

Verb

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Past tense for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

balked^US

baulked^UK

put a spoke in someone's wheel

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

canceled^US

cancelled^UK

cooked someone's goose

thrown monkey wrench in

threw monkey wrench in

threw a spanner in the works

thrown a spanner in the works

threw a monkey wrench in the works

thrown a monkey wrench in the works

taken the wind out of your sails

took the wind out of your sails

took wind out of sails

got the better of

beaten down

gotten the better of

taken wind out of sails

brought to a standstill

ostracized^US

ostracised^UK

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“They are offered without the baffle but I prefer the baffled sound.”

Verb

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Past tense for to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck

baulked^UK

balked^US

crippled

confounded

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

threw a spanner in the works

thrown a spanner in the works

choked off

cramped one's style

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

threw a monkey wrench into

thrown a monkey wrench into

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

brought to screeching halt

thrown a spoke in the wheel of

threw a spoke in the wheel of

put at a disadvantage

put out of commission

placed at a disadvantage

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put in an unfavourable position

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

prevented from making progress

dragged through the mud

kept within the limits of

inflicted a handicap on

brought to a standstill

thrown monkey wrench in

threw monkey wrench in

gave a disadvantage to

given a disadvantage to

ran counter to

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Past tense for to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

taken to the cleaners

took to the cleaners

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(beggar belief) Past tense for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Verb

Past tense for to deceive or cheat

Verb

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Past tense for to discourage or overwhelm

Verb

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Past tense for to avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

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