ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Baffling

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Baffling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of baffle.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of baffle.

More Meanings

  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
  2. Frustrating.
  3. An act of foiling or thwarting.

Example Sentences

[T]he primitive concept of the generative act was one of awe and worship, accorded to a force which was incomprehensible and baffling.
[…] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]
Ministers must restart trade negotiations with Brussels immediately to sort out the "baffling" array of post-Brexit rulesand regulations that now threaten much of the UK'sexport trade to the EU

Word Forms

Synonyms for baffling

Depending on context, synonyms include hard, difficult, problematic, problematical, knotty.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include problematic, difficult, problematical, hard, knotty, perplexing.

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