What is the meaning of baffled?

noun

• People who are frustrated and perplexed.
  • usage: "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"

verb

• Be a mystery or bewildering to.
  • usage: "This beats me"; "Got me-I don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
  • synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
  • usage: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Check the emission of (sound.
  • synonyms: baffle, regulate

adjective

• Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment.
  • usage: "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
  • synonyms: befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea