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Meanings of baffled in English

Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.

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      Usage of baffled in English
      1
      I am baffled by what I've read in The Irish Times today.
      The Irish Times
      2
      The second is not easy to explain, a baffled Pochettino told reporters.
      Reuters
      3
      I mentioned the crisis to Jack, who was as baffled as I.
      True compass: a memoir
      4
      I was baffled and surprised by how much PPE is actually used.
      Wired
      5
      Those who saw search results were usually baffled with the image matching.
      Wired
      6
      It's not the first time an illusion has left internet users baffled.
      News.com.au
      7
      Must I indeed learn to chant the cold dirges of the baffled?
      Leaves of Grass
      8
      I am baffled; and unable to say positively what the Self is.
      Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
      9
      The mystery woman was found floating in the sea by baffled fishermen.
      News.com.au
      10
      Yet she felt baffled; cheated of the full horror of being kidnapped.
      The Quirt
      11
      It is the path of the dog following the hot scent-everbaffled.
      The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
      12
      Rebekah Brooks said she was baffled by the decision to charge her.
      Reuters
      13
      All her refinement, baffled in the moral ways, concentrated upon the physical.
      Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
      14
      But I confess that in the last resort I still feel baffled.
      Memories and Studies
      15
      This question baffled me; it was impossible for me to answer it.
      Uncle Max
      16
      I'm baffled as to how this is in any way a compromise.
      The Guardian
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