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baffling

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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.

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

baffle·ment n.
baffler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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?"

baffling
Translations
baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adjincomprensible
baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adjdéroutant(e)déconcertant(e)
baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adjrätselhaft, verwirrend
baffling [ˈbæflɪŋ] adjsconcertante


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In the stress of privation and the need of effort I might sometimes forget the somber secret ever baffling the conjecture that it compels.
All these baffling head-reaches after immortality are but the panics of souls frightened by the fear of death, and cursed with the thrice-cursed gift of imagination.
But how to reach them, now that I had found the only vulnerable spot in their mighty prison, was still a baffling riddle.
 
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