Synonyms for baffled
baf·fled

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1. baffledadjective

   people who are frustrated and perplexed

   "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"

   Antonyms:
   unperplexed

2. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at seaadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   scattered, befuddled, helpless, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, woolly, bemused, deep in thought(p), disjointed, disordered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, woolly-headed, missed, confused, disconnected, unconnected, addled, muddled, upset, lost, befogged, confounded, muzzy, wooly-minded, broken, wooly, garbled, mazed, bewildered

   Antonyms:
   unperplexed

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1. List of paraphrases for "baffled":

   frustrated, perplexed, disconcerted, bewildered, confused, puzzled

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How to use baffled in a sentence?

1. E. R. Bulwer-Lytton, Last Words (1860):

   Talk not of genius baffled, Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

2. Dwayne Johnson:

   The interview never took place. Never happened. Never said any of those words, completely untrue. 100 % fabricated. I was quite baffled when I woke up this morning.

3. Art Spiegelman:

   I’m kind of baffled by this.

4. The FDA:

   Looking in the past doesn't help us a great deal to look in the future for this virus which has baffled a lot of us and made predictions almost irrelevant.

5. Greta Xu:

   I was shocked and also baffled. The overall travel experience ... felt very strict in terms of both virus control and security, we would be reminded by (security forces) on the streets to wear a mask. Theoretically it should be really safe.