baffling

Meaning of baffling

verb
  1. To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
  2. To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
  3. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
    I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.
  4. To foil; to thwart.
  5. To struggle in vain.
    A ship baffles with the winds.

noun

An act of foiling or thwarting.

adjective
  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
  2. Frustrating

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Hyphenation of baffling

baf-fling

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • baffling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

baffling synonyms

Meaning knotty:

knotty, problematic, problematical, tough

Words that rhyme with baffling

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