adj
Meaning 1
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
baffling
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adj
Meaning 2
Frustrating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An act of foiling or thwarting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of baffle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: объркващ (obǎrkvašt) — puzzling and frustrating
- Bulgarian: разстройващ (razstrojvašt) — puzzling and frustrating
- Finnish: hämmentävä — puzzling and frustrating
- French: déconcertant — puzzling and frustrating
- Japanese: 不可解 (fukakai) — puzzling and frustrating
- Latin: perplexus — puzzling and frustrating
- Māori: rutu — puzzling and frustrating
- Māori: pōkīkī — puzzling and frustrating
- Occitan: desmemoriant — puzzling and frustrating
- Occitan: desconcertant — puzzling and frustrating
- Portuguese: desconcertante — puzzling and frustrating
- Portuguese: desorientador — puzzling and frustrating
- Serbo-Croatian: zbunjujući — puzzling and frustrating
- Serbo-Croatian: rastrojavajući — puzzling and frustrating
- Serbo-Croatian: dekoncentrirajući — puzzling and frustrating
- Spanish: desconcertante — puzzling and frustrating
- Spanish: incomprehensible — puzzling and frustrating
- Spanish: sorprendente — puzzling and frustrating
- Swedish: förvirrande — puzzling and frustrating
- Swedish: förbryllande — puzzling and frustrating