Synonyms for baffling

Grammar : Adj

Spell : baf-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæf əl

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Définition of baffling

Origin : 1783, "bewildering," present participle adjective from baffle (v.); earlier a sailor's adjective for winds that blow variously and make headway difficult (c.1770s).

adj puzzling

Example sentences :

There had been in her gaze a conflict of emotions, strong and baffling.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

His face had altered in the last year, but not for the worse, which was baffling.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

These women spoke a baffling language; their psychology was hard for me.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

It was the most bewildering, the most baffling jig-saw of a business she had ever heard of.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

This unforeseen veil, baffling his curiosity checked his brusqueness.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Then he studied her again, the most baffling member of his staff.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

Erica was indeed ever confronted with one of the most baffling of all baffling mysteries.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

The presence of two persons in the room was the baffling factor.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

The winds were baffling and light, so we made but slow progress.
Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various

So there we leave the most surprising and baffling of historical mysteries.
Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

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