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verb | noun bafflebaffle1 /ˈbæfəl/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYbaffle1Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from Scottish English bawchill to criticize publicly VERB TABLEbaffle |
| Present | I, you, we, they | baffle | | he, she, it | baffles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | baffled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have baffled | | he, she, it | has baffled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had baffled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will baffle | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have baffled |
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| Present | I | am baffling | | he, she, it | is baffling | | you, we, they | are baffling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was baffling | | you, we, they | were baffling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been baffling | | he, she, it | has been baffling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been baffling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be baffling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been baffling |
THESAURUSunclear and difficult to understand► confusingunclear and difficult to understand: a confusing message French wine labels can be very confusing. ► puzzling making you feel unsure about why something happened: Mark’s anger was puzzling – we thought he would be happy about the news. ► baffling making you feel very confused about something, even though you have tried hard to understand it: A baffling illness has been killing livestock. No one knows how it is spread. ► bewildering making you feel extremely confused and not sure what to do or think: There was a bewildering number of forms she needed to fill out. ► perplexing formal making you feel very confused and worried, especially because something seems strange: Scientists find this problem perplexing, because there is no obvious explanation. ► mystifying so confusing and strange, that you feel it is impossible to understand something: English is completely mystifying to my grandmother, so she only knows a few words after living here for 10 years. if something baffles someone, he or she cannot understand or explain it at all: The disease has baffled doctors, who are unable to treat it.—bafflement noun [uncountable]—baffling adjective: a baffling mystery► see thesaurus at confusing verb | noun bafflebaffle2 noun [countable] science a board, sheet of metal, etc. that controls the flow of air, water, or sound into or out of something |