Crossword-Solution: BAFFLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Baffle | v. t. | To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. |
| Baffle | v. t. | To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil. |
| Baffle | v. t. | To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. |
| Baffle | v. i. | To practice deceit. |
| Baffle | v. i. | To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds. |
| Baffle | n. | A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BAFFLE (5)
John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs.
Life, 'tis said, to all men sweet is, Death to all must bitter be; Wherefore thus, oh, mother Thetis! None can baffle Jove's decree? I am ready, I am willing, To resign my stormy life; Weary of this long blood-spilling, Sated with this ceaseless strife.
They too, poor fellows, evidently began to like me immensely, on account of the hard-heartedness which had enabled me to baffle their scheme.
Here was evidently a malignant contrivance of the Pirates, designed to baffle our gun-boats when we dashed up-stream to shell them from their lair.
But I shall baffle this fiend or monster, for I shall tie my hands to the wheel when my strength begins to fail, and along with them I shall tie that which He--It!--dare not touch; and then, come good wind or foul, I shall save my soul, and my honour as a captain.
Quotes with BAFFLE (3)
There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go…
Women get into a relationship hoping a man will change, and he never does; men get into a relationship hoping the woman don't change, but she always does. Men want their partners to be consistent. That they won't make impromptu impossible demands nor baffle him with classically female sudden-onset hysterical behavior.
You’re different, and I know that’s probably the most cliché response ever given, but it’s the truth. When I look at you, it’s as if I’m reading a novel. No matter how much time I spend studying your pages, there will always be more for me to learn, deeper layers of complexity to baffle me, and plot twists that’ll leave me speechless.
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 37 times in crossword archives (1955–2021).