baffle
- sense 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
- perplex vex get puzzle mystify baffle beat pose bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
- sense 2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- thwart queer spoil scotch foil cross frustrate baffle bilk
- prevent forestall foreclose preclude forbid
- sense 3: check the emission of (sound)
- baffle regulate
- restrict restrain trammel limit bound confine throttle
- control hold_in hold contain check curb moderate
- restrain suppress keep keep_back hold_back