vverb.cognitionbe a mystery or bewildering toSynset:amaze baffle beat bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex pose puzzle stick stupefy vex
Examples:- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
Derivationally Related Form:puzzlepuzzlerbafflementmystificationbewildermentposerstupefactionmystifierpuzzlementmystery
Hypernyms:bedevil befuddle confound confuse discombobulate fox fuddle throw
Inherited Hypernyms:perplexconfusebe
Direct Hyponyms:eludeescapemix upriddlestump
Full Troponyms:beggardefyeluderiddlestump
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox) | The good news will --- her (apply to: perplex, baffle, mystify, puzzle, bewilder, nonplus, dumbfound, amaze, stupefy, flummox)
vverb.socialhinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofSynset:baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart
Examples:- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
Derivationally Related Form:crossfrustrationthwartingthwarterfoilingfrustrative
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:thwartprevent
Direct Hyponyms:dashdisappointlet downruinshort-circuit
Full Troponyms:breakdashdisappointdisenchantfailfall shortruinshipwreckshort-circuitundo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: cross)
vverb.changerestrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)Synset:baffle regulate
Derivationally Related Form:baffle
Hypernyms:hold back keep keep back restrain
Inherited Hypernyms:bafflerestrain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allmaking great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believeSynset:elusive knotty problematic problematical tough
Examples:- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
Antonyms:easy
Derivationally Related Form:knottinessproblemtoughness
Inherited Hypernyms:baffling
Similar to:difficult hard