baffle

1. (transitive)To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.

   I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.

   They were baffled as to how the confusion could have arisen.

   aus der Fassung bringen, ratlos machen, überraschen

   озада́чиватьozadáčivatʹ, озада́читьozadáčitʹ, сбива́ть с то́лкуsbivátʹ s tólku

   спантеличуватиspantelyčuvaty, збиватиzbyvaty

2. (transitive)To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

   restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)

3. (intransitive)To expend effort or struggle in vain.

   The ship, baffling with the winds, moved not an inch.

4. (archaic, transitive)To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.

   hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

5. To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.

   (archaic, specifically, transitive)Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.

6. (obsolete, transitive)To deceive or hoodwink (someone); to gull.

7. (obsolete, transitive)Followed by away or out: to deprive of (something) through cheating or manipulation; also (followed by out of), to deprive of something by cheating or manipulating (someone).

8. (intransitive, obsolete)To argue or complain in a petty or trivial manner; to quibble.

9. (obsolete, transitive)To publicly disgrace (someone); specifically, a recreant knight.

10. (obsolete, transitive)To treat (someone) with contempt; to disgrace; also, to speak of (someone or something) in contemptuous terms; to speak ill of, to vilify.

1. Tom's parents were baffled.

   Батьки Тома були збиті з пантелику.

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2. Tom is baffled.

   Том збитий з пантелику.

   ruТом озадачен.

   deTom ist verwirrt.

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3. Tom looks baffled.

   Том виглядає спантеличеним.

   deTom sieht verwirrt aus.

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4. I was baffled.

   Я був розгублений.

   ruЯ был сбит с толку.

   deIch war verwirrt.

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5. You looked like you were baffled.

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