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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'baffle'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb) baffle, baffle board
a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Synonyms: baffle , baffle board
2. (verb) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
be a mystery or bewildering to
Synonyms: drum , lay , take , cause , receive , get at , outfox , wash up , foil , start , besot , father , experience , mystify , pound , rile , stun , have , become , sustain , stay , put , scram , regulate , drive , start out , amaze , stimulate , sire , model , devil , cohere , sting , engender , get to , cleave , go , fix , scotch , pay back , annoy , stick , suffer , beat up , beat , set about , trounce , get down , thrum , incur , posture , stick by , draw , contract , bring forth , grow , dumbfound , stupefy , exhaust , overreach , stick around , set out , agitate , flap , rag , crush , arrest , stick to , develop , outwit , throw , bring , bewilder , nettle , irritate , mother , set , personate , stir up , lodge , quiver , buzz off , catch , present , scramble , wedge , shake up , make , beget , puzzle , flummox , stand by , thump , cross , get , generate , bind , complicate , nark , find , outsmart , deposit , cling , obtain , vex , worry , pose , adhere , capture , position , aim , induce , ticktack , spoil , perplex , work over , tucker out , raise up , bother , bunk , gravel , begin , disturb , impersonate , fetch , discombobulate , circumvent , let , get under one's skin , frustrate , sit , astound , arrive , tick , produce , pulsate , convey , thwart , bond , acquire , come , bemuse , tucker , commove , pay off , bilk , astonish , ticktock , bugger off , beat out , hold fast , chafe , vanquish , shell , stay put , place , nonplus , commence , baffle
3. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Synonyms: vitiate , mar , sweep , dumbfound , plunder , foil , scupper , mystify , cut through , pamper , flub , span , dun , rape , crucify , baby , regulate , bedevil , itch , screw up , ball up , indulge , interbreed , stick , cut across , corrupt , elude , get over , deflower , spoil , puzzle , gravel , violate , beat , mollycoddle , bungle , intersect , bollocks up , fumble , evade , rag , blow , bollix , torment , amaze , bewilder , coddle , cosset , frustrate , peril , scotch , featherbed , crossbreed , cross , get , louse up , perplex , botch up , bodge , traverse , bobble , baffle , muff , bollocks , pass over , pose , fluff , vex , mishandle , endanger , foul up , stupefy , flummox , track , hybridize , cover , despoil , muck up , bumble , mess up , impair , bollix up , botch , thwart , bilk , get across , expose , go bad , hybridise , cocker , nonplus
4. (verb) baffle, regulate
check the emission of (sound)
Synonyms: baffle , stupefy , scotch , stick , perplex , bilk , shape , get , mystify , frustrate , flummox , beat , order , foil , nonplus , modulate , regulate , determine , dumbfound , thwart , govern , regularize , regularise , amaze , mold , gravel , bewilder , cross , vex , influence , puzzle , spoil , pose
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'baffle'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. baffle
To hinder is to keep from action, progress, motion, or growth, or to make such action, progress, motion, or growth later in beginning or completion than it would otherwise have been. An action is
Synonyms: hinder , baffle , clog , foil , obstruct , retard , balk , counteract , frustrate , oppose , stay , bar , delay , hamper , prevent , stop , block , embarrass , impede , resist , thwart , check , encumber , interrupt
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