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- Dictionarybaffling/ˈbaflɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. impossible to understand; perplexing: "the crime is a baffling mystery for the police"
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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.
to cause someone to be unable to understand or explain something: Even his friends were baffled by his behavior. baffling. adjective us / ˈbæf·lɪŋ /
The meaning of BAFFLING is extremely confusing or difficult to understand. How to use baffling in a sentence.
Synonyms for BAFFLING: perplexing, puzzling, confusing, confounding, frustrating, muddled, bewildering, disorganized; Antonyms of BAFFLING: coherent, systematic, connected, reasonable, logical, solid, valid, orderly.
What does baffling mean? Baffling means impossible to understand or figure out. It’s used to describe someone or something that baffles —confuses, bewilders, perplexes, or confounds.
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.
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.
On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to baffling, such as: bewildering, confusing, enigmatic, incomprehensible, mystifying, and perplexing.
to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something: She was completely baffled by his strange behavior. Synonym. flummox informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Puzzle and confuse. addle. bedazzle. befuddle. bemuse. bewilder. cloud. discombobulate. disorient. do someone's head in idiom. flummox. fox. fuddle.
Definition of baffling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
