VERB | cognition | baffle, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
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social | baffle, thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | |
change | baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound) | |
NOUN | artifact | baffle, baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
Sounds | bae'fahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy. | |
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Synonym | baffle board | |
Narrower | diffuser, diffusor | baffle that distributes sound waves evenly |
Broader | plate | A sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
Spanish | bafle, deflector, tornavoz | |
Catalan | deflector | |
Verbs | baffle | check the emission of (sound) |
Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will baffle him; The good news will baffle her; The performance is likely to baffle Sue | |
Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
Nouns | bafflement | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
Meaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, bilk | |
Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | |
ruin | Destroy or cause to fail | |
short-circuit | hamper the progress of | |
Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar | |
Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar |
Meaning | check the emission of (sound) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | regulate | |
Broader | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | Keep under control |
Spanish | regular | |
Catalan | regular | |
Nouns | baffle | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
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