baffling
noun1
An act of foiling or thwarting.
- […] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]1831, The Quarterly Review (London):
baffling
adj1
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
- [T]he primitive concept of the generative act was one of awe and worship, accorded to a force which was incomprehensible and baffling.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
- Ministers must restart trade negotiations with Brussels immediately to sort out the "baffling" array of post-Brexit rulesand regulations that now threaten much of the UK'sexport trade to the EU2021, The Guardian, baffling brexit rules threaten export chaos gove is warned, London: The Guardian:
2
Frustrating.
- Derived terms
- bafflingly, bafflingness, baffling wind, unbaffling