baffling
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6.4
- adjective
- /ˈbæflɪŋ/
:
desconcertante
- The math problem was so baffling that none of the students could solve it.
- baffling and fascinating
And I don't find it that hard to understand things that other people find baffling, like Trump voting.
- And I don't find it that hard to understand things that other people find baffling, like Trump voting.
- And I just, I just find it baffling, honestly, that we are still having to grapple with that.
- This week, Blankenship dropped this truly baffling ad.
- And, you know, the persistence of that delusion is always baffling to me.
- It's the concept of having more than one allegiance which is baffling.
- I'm say Danny rise to be a script radio Gargard music that was banned for baffling reasons.
- Again, the characters were equally baffling.
- It's absolutely baffling to me that there was, there was nothing more irrelevant to us.
- There's just baffling. Baffling to me that
- And they say these women are baffling adults.
- It's just baffling, you know, it's baffling, dude.
- They don't want me on their books because which was baffling.
Examples
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And I just, I just find it baffling, honestly, that we are still having to grapple with that.
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You know, this is about the most baffling case I've ever worked on.
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It's just baffling to me.
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There are certain aspects of this business which he finds quite baffling.
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His disappearance was as baffling as it had been eight days previous when his editor had called with the news.
Fiction book (2002) -
Soon the air was filled with the baffling odor of electricity.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's a baffling mystery, just like the Hitchcock movie Dial M for Incident.
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It felt baffling, confusing, dislocating, but it felt wonderful.
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Above all, it offers institutional structures, practices, and narratives that help the self navigate the present baffling, threatening world.
Academic text (1999) -
And so ends the baffling and ever-surprising case of the Beggar Master of Sivani-Hoota.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
498
5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
52
7.0
Hard to understand or describe, like the meaning of a symbol
46
8.8
Difficult or impossible to understand
42
4.6
Hard to understand or explain
31
7.0
Very surprising or hard to understand
19
7.0
Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for
16
6.7
Making people feel confused because it is hard to understand
13
5.2
Causing a lot of confusion and making things hard to understand
7
7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
7.7
Making people confused and things hard to understand
1
8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
1
9.3
Hard to understand, like a puzzle
1
7.5
Very surprising and hard to understand because it is unusual
Hard to understand or explain
Very hard to understand
Causing someone to be unable to speak because they are very surprised
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Morphology
Etymology
The word baffling comes from the verb baffle, which once meant 'to strike' or 'beat', so it feels like a blow that stops your thinking. That's why something baffling leaves you puzzled and unable to understand it.