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# baffled

«baffled» in Mova's school dictionary: **Completely confused, not able to understand or explain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (baffled); verb past form of baffle (baffle, baffles, baffled, baffling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Completely confused, not able to understand or explain something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#m1)

2) (past form of baffle) Made someone confused. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character who cannot work something out, often a detective or a teacher with a puzzle. In maths and science it describes a pupil stuck on a hard problem. Phrases: "completely baffled", "baffled by", "left baffled".

### examples

- I was baffled by the last maths question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x1)
- The detective was baffled by the missing key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x2)
- Scientists were baffled by the strange light in the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x3)
- The magic trick left everyone baffled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x4)
- Grandad looked baffled when I explained the video game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x5)
- Her answer baffled the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x6)
- The puzzle baffled us for an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/#x7)

### note

Spelled with double f. Use "baffled by" something. The related adjective "baffling" describes the puzzle itself: "a baffling puzzle" makes you "baffled". Similar words: puzzled, confused, bewildered.

### In the corpora

- [By Monday Lily is saying «howay» at home and her mum is baffled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «baffled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/baffled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.