Definition of baffle

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Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

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Frustrate :: Frustrate (v. t.) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose..
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To baffle; to disconcert; to turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder..
Guy :: Guy (v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Baffler :: Baffler (n.) One who, or that which, baffles..
Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To baffle or escape; as, to falsify a blow..
Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight..
Beaten :: Beaten (a.) Vanquished; conquered; baffled.
Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation..
Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To practice deceit.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.
Baffled :: Baffled (imp. & p. p.) of Baffl.
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