baffling

baf·fle  (bfl)

tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles

1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.

2. To impede the force or movement of.

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.

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[Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle, to denounce, revile publicly, and French bafouer, to ridicule.]

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baffle·ment n.

baffler n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

baffling - 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" knotty, problematic, problematical, elusive, tough difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

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baffling

adjective puzzling, strange, confusing, weird, mysterious, unclear, bewildering, elusive, enigmatic, perplexing, incomprehensible, mystifying, inexplicable, unaccountable, unfathomable << OPPOSITE understandable

Translations

baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adj → incomprensible

baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adj → déroutant(e) → déconcertant(e)

baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adj → rätselhaft, verwirrend

baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adj → sconcertante