<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>bewildered or perplexed; puzzled: I went to bed shaking my head, completely baffled and amazed at the strange turn the day had taken.</li><li>equipped with one or more baffles, or structures to obstruct the movement of fluids, sound, etc.: Any spraying operations shall be done within a baffled or enclosed area of the solvent cleaning machine.</li><li>thwarted: “Every anarchist is a baffled dictator,” wrote Mussolini.</li></ul>