English-Thai Dictionary

baffle

VT ทำให้ งุนงง  ทำให้ สับสน  confuse perplex clear tham-hai-ngun-ngong

 

baffle

VT แทรก เข้ามา ควบคุม (การ ไหล ของ ก๊าซ  การ ส่ง คลื่นเสียง หรือ แสง  saek-khao-ma-khuab-khum

 

bafflement

N ความ สับสน  ความ งุนงง  confusion puzzlement khwam-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAFFLE

v.t.To mock or elude by artifice; to elude by shifts and turns; hence to defeat, or confound; as, to baffle the designs of an enemy. Fashionable follies baffle argument.

 

BAFFLE

v.i.To practice deceit.

 

BAFFLE

n.A defeat by artifice, shifts and turns.

 

BAFFLED

pp. Eluded; defeated; confounded.

 

BAFFLER

n.One that baffles.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BAFFLE

Baf "fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Baffled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (.]Etym: [Cf. Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. bagr uneasy, poor, or bagr, n., struggle, bægja to push, treat harshly, OF. beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. bäppe mouth, beffen to bark, chide. ]

 

1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. [Obs. ] He by the heels him hung upon a tree, And baffled so, that all which passed by The picture of his punishment might see. Spenser.

 

2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim. Cowper.

 

3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. "A baffled purpose. " De Quincey. A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them all. South. Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until within a...recent period, the most enlightened nations. Prescott. The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle us. Locke. Baffling wind (Naut. ), one that frequently shifts from one point to another.

 

Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.

 

BAFFLE

BAFFLE Baf "fle, v. i.

 

1. To practice deceit. [Obs. ] Barrow.

 

2. To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. [R.]

 

BAFFLE

BAFFLE Baf "fle, n.

 

Defn: A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. [R.] "A baffle to philosophy. " South.

 

BAFFLEMENT

BAFFLEMENT Baf "fle *ment, n.

 

Defn: The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

 

BAFFLER

BAFFLER Baf "fler, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, baffles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

baffle

baf fle |ˈbafəl ˈbæfəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 totally bewilder or perplex: an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. 2 restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc. ): to baffle the noise further, I pad the gunwales. ▶noun a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, or loose material or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction. DERIVATIVES baf fle ment noun baffle ( sense 1 of the verb ) ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive ’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule ’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive. ’

 

bafflegab

baf fle gab |ˈbafəlˌgab ˈbæfəlɡæb | ▶noun informal incomprehensible or pretentious language, esp. bureaucratic jargon: the smooth chairman who had elevated bafflegab to an art form.

 

Oxford Dictionary

baffle

baf ¦fle |ˈbaf (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 totally bewilder or perplex: an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. 2 restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc. ). ▶noun a device used to restrain the flow of a fluid, gas, etc. or to prevent the spreading of sound or light in a particular direction. DERIVATIVES bafflement noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘cheat, deceive ’): perhaps related to French bafouer ‘ridicule ’ or obsolete French beffer ‘mock, deceive ’.

 

bafflegab

bafflegab |ˈbaf (ə )lgab | ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. informal incomprehensible or pretentious verbiage, especially bureaucratic jargon.

 

baffler

baf |fler |ˈbaflə | ▶noun another term for baffle.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

baffle

baffle verb his explanations baffle the class: perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, disconcert; informal flummox, faze, stump, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, floor, discombobulate. ANTONYMS enlighten. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See thwart . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

baffle

baffle verb 1 his reaction baffled her: perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, nonplus, disconcert, throw, set someone thinking; informal flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, floor, fog; N. Amer. informal buffalo; rare wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, pose, obfuscate. ANTONYMS enlighten. 2 her intention was to baffle their plans: thwart, frustrate, foil, baulk, check, block, hinder, obstruct, bar, prevent, deflect, divert. ANTONYMS further. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD baffle, puzzle, perplex, mystify See puzzle . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

baffle

baf fle /bǽf (ə )l /動詞 ～s ; ～d ; -fling 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を困惑させる, 悩ませる .2 〈計画など 〉をじゃまする, くじく .3 〈流れ 音など 〉を制御する .名詞 C バッフル (プレート )(baffle plate ) 〘空気や水の流れ 音などを調整し方向を変える板 〙.～ment 名詞 U 困惑 .