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Detailed Synonyms for baffle in English

baffle:

baffle [the ~] noun

  1. the baffle
    the damper; the silencer; the baffle
  2. the baffle
    – a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy 1
    the baffle; the baffle board
    – a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy 1

to baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)

  1. to baffle
    – check the emission of (sound) 1
    to regulate; to baffle
    – check the emission of (sound) 1
    • regulate verb (regulates, regulated, regulating)
    • baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)
  2. to baffle
    – be a mystery or bewildering to 1
    to get; to stick; to beat; to pose; to baffle; to puzzle; to vex; to bewilder; to perplex; mystify
    – be a mystery or bewildering to 1
    • get verb (gets, got, getting)
    • stick verb (sticks, sticked, sticking)
    • beat verb (beats, beated, beating)
      • This beats me!1
    • pose verb (poses, posed, posing)
    • baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)
    • puzzle verb (puzzles, puzzled, puzzling)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
      • a vexing problem1
    • bewilder verb (bewilders, bewildered, bewildering)
    • perplex verb (perplexes, perplexed, perplexing)
    • mystify verb
  3. to baffle
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    to cross; to spoil; to foil; queer; to thwart; to baffle; to frustrate; scotch; bilk
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    • cross verb (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • spoil verb (spoils, spoiled, spoiling)
    • foil verb (foils, foiled, foiling)
      • foil your opponent1
    • queer verb
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)
    • frustrate verb (frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)
      • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge1
    • scotch verb
    • bilk verb

Conjugations for baffle:

present
  1. baffle
  2. baffle
  3. baffles
  4. baffle
  5. baffle
  6. baffle
simple past
  1. baffled
  2. baffled
  3. baffled
  4. baffled
  5. baffled
  6. baffled
present perfect
  1. have baffled
  2. have baffled
  3. has baffled
  4. have baffled
  5. have baffled
  6. have baffled
past continuous
  1. was baffling
  2. were baffling
  3. was baffling
  4. were baffling
  5. were baffling
  6. were baffling
future
  1. shall baffle
  2. will baffle
  3. will baffle
  4. shall baffle
  5. will baffle
  6. will baffle
continuous present
  1. am baffling
  2. are baffling
  3. is baffling
  4. are baffling
  5. are baffling
  6. are baffling
subjunctive
  1. be baffled
  2. be baffled
  3. be baffled
  4. be baffled
  5. be baffled
  6. be baffled
diverse
  1. baffle!
  2. let's baffle!
  3. baffled
  4. baffling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for baffle:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
baffle baffle; baffle board; damper; silencer
baffle board baffle; baffle board
beat beat; beatnik; cadence; heartbeat; measure; meter; metre; musical rhythm; pulsation; pulse; rhythm; round
cross crisscross; cross; crossbreed; crossbreeding; crossing; crown of thorns; crucifix; hybrid; hybridisation; hybridization; hybridizing; interbreeding; mark; rood; shape of a cross; sign of the cross
damper baffle; damper; silencer damper; muffler; mute; mutt; sordino; sourdine
foil enhancer; fencing-sword; foil; hydrofoil; sword; transparency
get get
pose affectation; affectedness; airs; mannerism; modeling; modelling; pose; put on; swank
puzzle brainteaser; braintwister; mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; riddle; teaser
queer faggot; fagot; gay; odd fellow; queer; sissy; strange person; weirdo
scotch score; scotch
silencer baffle; damper; silencer exhaust damper; muffler; silencer
spoil despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilage; spoilation; spoiling; spoliation
stick bar; bat; baton; branch; cane; club; control stick; cudgel; gear handle; hockey stick; joint; joystick; knout; limb; marijuana cigarette; offspring; peg; pin; poker; progeny; rake; reefer; rod; scion; shank; shoot; spliff; spray; sprig; stave; stick; truncheon; trunk; twig
thwart cross thwart; rowing-bench; thwart
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
baffle baffle; beat; bewilder; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; queer; regulate; scotch; spoil; stick; thwart; vex
beat baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex bang; batter; beat; beat out; beat up; bunk; circumvent; crush; drum; exhaust; flap; hammer; hit; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach; pound; pulsate; quiver; scramble; shell; smack; smash; strike; thrum; thump; tick; ticktack; ticktock; trounce; tucker; tucker out; vanquish; wash up; work over
bewilder baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex bemuse; bewilder; confuse; discombobulate; perplex; throw
bilk baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart bilk; elude; evade
cross baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart be contrary; belie; counteract; cover; cross; cross over; crossbreed; cut across; cut through; disappoint; disillusion; frustrate; get across; get over; hinder; hybridise; hybridize; interbreed; intersect; let down; oppose; pass over; prevent; sabotage; span; stem; stop; sweep; thwart; track; traverse; upset
foil baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart field; foil; parry; ward off
frustrate baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart be contrary; bedevil; belie; cause failure; counteract; cross; crucify; disappoint; disillusion; dun; frustrate; hamper; hinder; let down; obstruct; rag; sabotage; torment
get baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex acquire; aim; arrest; arrive; beat it; become; beget; begin; bring; bring forth; bring in; bugger off; bugger up; buzz off; capture; catch; cause; clear out; come; commence; comprehend; contract; convey; develop; draw; drive; engender; experience; father; fetch; find; fix; fuck off; generate; get; get down; get lost; get on; get under one's skin; go; go astray; go away; go to hell; grasp; grow; have; incur; induce; let; make; mother; move on; obtain; pack it; pay back; pay off; piss off; produce; push off; receive; scram; set about; set out; sire; start; start out; stimulate; suffer; sustain; take; take in; understand
mystify baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex mystify
perplex baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex bewilder; complicate; confuse; perplex
pose baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex figure; impersonate; lay; model; personate; place; pose; position; posture; present; put; set; sit
puzzle baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex break one's head; do jigsaw puzzles; puzzle; solve crossword puzzles
queer baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper
regulate baffle; regulate arrange; determine; fix; govern; influence; modulate; mold; order; regularise; regularize; regulate; settle; shape; standardise; standardize
scotch baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart scotch
spoil baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart attack; baby; ball up; be slovenly; blow; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; cocker; coddle; corrupt; cosset; damage; decay; deflower; despoil; erode; featherbed; flub; fluff; fumble; go bad; impair; indulge; itch; mar; mess up; mollycoddle; muck up; muff; neglect; pamper; plunder; rape; rot; screw up; spoil; violate; vitiate; waste
stick baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex adhere; be jammed; be stuck; be tied up; bind; bond; cake; catch; caught; clasp; cleave; cling; clutch; cohere; deposit; drag; falter; glue; glue together; grasp; grip; gum; hang in; hold fast; hold on; lodge; maintain; paste; patch; pilfer; reach; root; rout; rummage about; scratch; seize; slave away; slog away; snatch; snatch away; snout; stagnate; stand by; stay; stay attached; stay put; stick; stick around; stick by; stick to; stick together; sting; stop; toil and moil; waver; wedge; yearn
thwart baffle; bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart block; counteract; cross; hamper; hinder; make harder; make heavier; make impossible; make more difficult; oppose; prevent; resist; sabotage; stem; stop; thwart; upset; withstand
vex baffle; beat; bewilder; get; mystify; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; vex agitate; anger; annoy; badger; cause irritation; chafe; commove; disturb; fool; give offence; hoax; hoodwink; irritate; raise up; shake up; stir up; swindle; tease; trick; vex; worry
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
beat all in; beat; bushed; dead
cross angry; bad-tempered; crabbed; crabby; cross; enraged; fussy; grouchy; grumpy; ill-tempered; incensed; peevish; thwartwise; transversal; transverse; venomous; vicious; virulent; vitriolic; wicked; wrathful
queer alien; curious; exotic; foreign; funny; gay; homophile; homosexual; odd; outlandish; pansy; peculiar; queer; rum; rummy; singular; sissy; strange
scotch economical; frugal; scotch; sparing; stinting
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
beat beat; pulsate; thrash; throb
bewilder bewilder; confuse
cross cross; go across; ill-humored; ill-humoured
damper damper; register
frustrate frustrate
get dig; get
mystify mystify
queer amusing; funny; odd; queer
regulate regulate
spoil spoil
stick stick
vex annoy; fill with indignation; grieve; vex

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Related Definitions for "baffle":

  1. a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy1
  2. check the emission of (sound)1
  3. be a mystery or bewildering to1
  4. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of1

Related Synonyms for baffle



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