be baffled

Frequency: 8.025.1 per million words

Used to describe a state of confusion.

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Examples (10)

  • The doctors are completely baffled by her mysterious illness.
  • I am often baffled by the complex rules of this game.
  • The police were baffled as to how the thief entered the locked room.
  • He was utterly baffled when his key wouldn't fit the lock.
  • We will probably be baffled by the results of the experiment.
  • She looked at me as if I were talking nonsense; she was clearly baffled.
  • Even the expert mechanic was baffled about what was wrong with the car's engine.
  • The audience was left baffled by the magician's final trick.
  • To be honest, I'm totally baffled by your decision to quit.
  • The jury was baffled by the conflicting testimonies.