Synonyms for baffled
baf·fled

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1. baffledadjective

   people who are frustrated and perplexed

   "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"

   Antonyms:
   unperplexed

2. baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at seaadjective

   perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

   "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

   Synonyms:
   scattered, befuddled, helpless, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, woolly, bemused, deep in thought(p), disjointed, disordered, preoccupied, at sea, illogical, woolly-headed, missed, confused, disconnected, unconnected, addled, muddled, upset, lost, befogged, confounded, muzzy, wooly-minded, broken, wooly, garbled, mazed, bewildered

   Antonyms:
   unperplexed

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1. List of paraphrases for "baffled":

   frustrated, perplexed, disconcerted, bewildered, confused, puzzled

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1. Craig Garthwaite:

   I was just a bit baffled what from a policy standpoint this could be other than currying favor with particular groups.

2. Carl Sandburg:

   Who put up that cage?Who hung it up with bars, doors?Why do those on the inside want to get out?Why do those outside want to get in?What is this crying inside and out all the time?What is this endless, useless beating of baffled wings at these bars, doors, this cage?

3. Read MoreKristen Stewart:

   I was so kind of baffled by how good he was.

4. Nicholas Garaufis:

   I am frankly baffled why anyone thought this letter would help Mr. Keith Raniere.

5. J. William Fulbright:

   When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.