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Baffling   /bˈæfəlɪŋ/  /bˈæflɪŋ/   Listen
Baffling

adjective
1.
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.  Synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough.  "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast" , "A problematic situation at home"


Baffle

verb
(past & past part. baffled; pres. part. baffling)
1.
Be a mystery or bewildering to.  Synonyms: amaze, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex.  "Got me--I don't know the answer!" , "A vexing problem" , "This question really stuck me"
2.
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.  Synonyms: bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart.  "Foil your opponent"
3.
Check the emission of (sound).  Synonym: regulate.



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"Baffling" Quotes from Famous Books



... formation of our Federal Union would doubtless have been effectively hindered, if not, indeed, altogether prevented. To the grand triumph the varied talents of Franklin, Adams, and Jay alike contributed. To the latter is due the credit of detecting and baffling the sinister designs of France; but without the tact of Franklin this probably could not have been accomplished without offending France in such wise as to spoil everything. It is, however, to the rare discernment ...
— The Critical Period of American History • John Fiske
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... dignity of its purpose; it had set out to heal. St. Moritz, on the contrary, set out to avoid healing. It was haunted by crown princes and millionaire Jews, ladies with incredible ear-rings and priceless furs; sharp, little, baffling trans-atlantic children thronged its narrow streets, and passed away from it as casually as a company ...
— The Dark Tower • Phyllis Bottome
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... imitation. Intimacy with Dyan and his mother had made that quite clear. Each must honestly will to understand the other; each holding fast the essence of individuality, while respecting in the other precisely those baffling qualities that strengthen their union and make it vital to the welfare of both. Instinctively he pictured them as man and woman; and on general lines the analogy seemed to hold good. He had yet to discover that analogies are often deceptive things; peculiarly so, in ...
— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver
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... eight o'clock, and he promised to take her home about nine. Besides, something in his manner was baffling her, and she wanted ...
— Winding Paths • Gertrude Page
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... was so stooped, that the young man's first thought was to wonder how tall he would really be if he could stand erect. His long, thin face, seamed and lined, was striking in its grotesque ugliness. From under his craggy, scowling brows, his sharp green-gray eyes peered with a curious expression of baffling, quizzing, half pathetic, and wholly cynical, interrogation. He was smoking a straight, much-used brier pipe. At his feet, lay ...
— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright
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