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 →

2) (past form of baffle) Made someone confused. tree →

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 →
• The detective was baffled by the missing key. tree →
• Scientists were baffled by the strange light in the sky. tree →
• The magic trick left everyone baffled. tree →
• Grandad looked baffled when I explained the video game. tree →
• Her answer baffled the whole class. tree →
• The puzzle baffled us for an hour. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «baffled» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.