| 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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