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baffling

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, baffling means puzzling, perplexing, bewildering. As a noun, it means an act of foiling or thwarting.

Meanings of baffling

4 meanings

verb

Present participle of baffle

adjective

  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

  2. Frustrating

  3. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

    “a baffling problem”

    “I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast”

    “a problematic situation at home”

    Similar: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough

noun

  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve …
elusiveknottyproblematicproblematicaltough

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