baffled

Other forms of baffled

plural

baffleds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baffled

What does baffled mean?

baffled means "people who are frustrated and perplexed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baffled?

baffled has 2 syllables: baf-fled. The stress falls on "baf". In IPA it is /ˈbæfəld/.

What is another word for baffled?

Close synonyms include befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baffled a common word?

baffled is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.