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    baffling
    /ˈbaflɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. impossible to understand; perplexing: "the crime is a baffling mystery for the police"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBAFFLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Baffling means impossible for someone to understand or explain. Learn how to use this adjective with sentences and synonyms, and see translations in different languages.

    • Baffle

      to cause someone to be unable to understand or explain...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bafflingBaffling Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of baffling, an adjective that describes something extremely confusing or difficult to understand. See examples of baffling in sentences, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

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  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBAFFLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Baffle means to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something. See the pronunciation, translations and usage examples of baffle and its adjective form baffling.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › bafflingˈBAFFLING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Baffling means impossible to understand or figure out. It’s used to describe someone or something that baffles —confuses, bewilders, perplexes, or confounds. The word usually describes someone or something that results in enough confusion to cause someone to come to standstill.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bafflingBaffling - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    If something is baffling, it's completely confusing or mysterious. You might find your friend's hatred for the taste of chocolate utterly baffling. A good mystery novel begins with a baffling crime — one that seems at first nearly impossible to solve.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBAFFLING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    impossible for someone to understand or explain: I found what he was saying completely baffling. The baffling array of features on baby monitors can be overwhelming. See. baffle. Fewer examples. The financial markets can be baffling. The book features a detective who can penetrate the most baffling mysteries.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › bafflingBaffling - definition of baffling by The Free Dictionary

    To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action: a patient whose condition baffled the physicians. 2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid). n. 1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light. 2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.