baffling

baf·fle

B0024500 (băf′əl)tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles 1. 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.

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

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baf′fle·ment n.baf′fler n.

baffling

(ˈbæflɪŋ) adjimpossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling ˈbafflingly adv

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, toughdifficult, 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

adjective puzzling, strange, confusing, weird, mysterious, unclear, bewildering, elusive, enigmatic, perplexing, incomprehensible, mystifying, inexplicable, unaccountable, unfathomable I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
clear, easy, simple, obvious, understandable, intelligible

Translations

令人迷惑的

baffle

(ˈbӕfl) verb to puzzle (a person). I was baffled by her attitude towards her husband. 使困惑 使困惑baffling adjectivea baffling crime. 令人困惑的 令人迷惑的