baffled
Frequently Asked Questions
- I’m completely baffled. Why would anyone have done this?
- His explanation left us all baffled.
- Baffled investigators have been unable to identify a single suspect.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She has rejected any suggestions of wrongdoing in her career as a coach and said in 2022 she was baffled by Bach's remarks.
From BBC
The pitch baffled the Trumps, who joked they would need to go to MIT to understand it.
The normally unruffled social worker was baffled by this.
From Literature
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When he was presented with his compatriots support for ICE, he was baffled.
From Salon
"I'm absolutely baffled by the whole thing - I've still had no contact whatsoever from the Bangladeshi authorities despite them spreading malicious allegations about me for a year-and-a-half now."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.