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Insidelight Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Synonyms of baffled

Hi. I´d like to ask you if it is correct to use to be baffled/ bowled over/ deafened and stunned as synonyms or if they have difference in meaning.
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Hi. Welcome to English Forums. insidelight baffled/ bowled over/stunned These are synonyms.

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  • Deafened is more like when something has exploded and you're unable to hear properly for a while.
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Hi. Welcome to English Forums.
insidelightbaffled/ bowled over/stunned
These are synonyms.

Deafened is more like when something has exploded and you're unable to hear properly for a while.
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I wouldn't say "baffled" is a synonym of "stunned" in most contexts. "Baffled" means perplexed, unable to understand something. You could be stunned by something without being baffled by it, and vice versa.
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So, would you be stunned by a sound, for example? And could you have been baffled by the attitude of a person?
Excuse me, I´m learning.

Thanks
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Yes, those are good examples.

In some sentences you could use either one, but the meaning would be a little different.
"I was baffled by his attitude" -- I don't understand at all why he would think or act like that.
"I was stunned by his attitude" -- I couldn't believe he felt that way! I was shocked!
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