as in perplexing
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as in thwarting
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as in frustrating
to prevent from achieving a goal
the language barrier baffled everyone and discouraged us from attempting another teleconference
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as in puzzling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
she was baffled by the wording of the clause in the insurance policy
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Recent Examples of baffling
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Compared to DreamWorks’ most baffling movies, there’s nothing offensive about the substance of this Wild West Horse Girl adventure.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Most baffling of all, Ye claimed that fake children had been installed in his home to corrupt his children.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Then the other baffling interaction of the episode happens.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Compared to DreamWorks’ most baffling movies, there’s nothing offensive about the substance of this Wild West Horse Girl adventure.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
Most baffling of all, Ye claimed that fake children had been installed in his home to corrupt his children.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Then the other baffling interaction of the episode happens.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for baffling
Adjective
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The apparent identity mix-up is a key point of confusion in a detailed and often perplexing set of allegations that Webb is lodging publicly against Jones and Thao.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Few stories are as perplexing and tragic as that of Mary the elephant.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Trump was willing to give detente a shot but underwent a 180-degree turn after the first sign of frustration.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The car is filled with tension, with Basel’s frustration and Yuval’s exasperation.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Citing a need to send a strong message of deterrence to other police officers, and noting the racial aspects of a case involving a White officer and Black victim, Houston sentenced LaRoche to 15 months in federal prison, nearly double what prosecutors recommended.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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That deterrence failed spectacularly on October 7, 2023.—
Jane Harman,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
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What’s especially frustrating to people involved in ferret conservation is that funding and staff resources were already limited heading into 2025.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
26 Feb. 2025
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Most welcomed this move, even if the timing was frustrating.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Chess champion Magnus Carlsen pulled off a sartorial checkmate after returning to a recent tournament despite wearing an article of clothing banned by its dress code: jeans.—
Danielle Jennings,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024
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When the Los Angeles Lakers assigned Danny Green to defend Porziņģis in a 2019 matchup, the man in charge of the Dallas Mavericks’ advanced analytics, Bob Voulgaris, recognized his team staring at a likely checkmate.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
10 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Trump’s sense of his own royalty helps explain at least some of the bewildering changes of recent days.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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All of the above is being considered in isolation without the bewildering problems of domestic politics and foreign policy.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Emily Keeney Dated or disorganized houses become functional, fresh homes in the hands of Drift Interiors + Architecture.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Feb. 2025
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To mix metaphors as badly as this doc overcomplicates Combs’ case by tackling the topic too early and from too many angles, this research is so disorganized that the story resembles something akin to deranged lobbyists throwing spaghetti at the wall through a shotgun.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baffling. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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