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baffling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough |
a baffling problem.
Examples of baffling
baffling
Without exception, the students find the party scene baffling and uncomfortable.
From the theatlantic.com
You may find this evening baffling as you see new sides of a romantic companion.
From the kansas.com
A baffling decision that you best bear in mind when buying any hardware bundles.
From the metro.co.uk
They're complicated, they're baffling, they're one of life's greatest mysteries.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
To me, this is as baffling as it is unfair, and I wonder how he accounts for it.
From the guardian.co.uk
How do tiny and short-lived builders create architecture of baffling complexity?
From the boston.com
The Super Bowl is one of the most baffling and brilliant events in the calendar.
From the hecklerspray.com
It's an ambitious, at times baffling but intriguing, undertaking for the Aurora.
From the sfgate.com
As ever with the Dardennes, the realism coexists with some baffling unrealities.
From the guardian.co.uk
- 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"
- (baffled) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
- (baffled) people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"
- (Baffled!) Baffled! is a 1973 television movie intended as a pilot for a television series. The story is part of the occult detective sub-genre.
- Puzzling and frustrating
- (bafflingly) In a baffling or puzzling manner
- (baffled) thoroughly confused, puzzled; having baffles
- (baffled) to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling, to check or break the force or flow of by or as if by a baffle
- Light stopping walls in a telescope installed to prevent off-axis light reaching the eyepiece.
