Associations to the word «Baffling»

Wiktionary

BAFFLING, verb. Present participle of baffle
BAFFLING, adjective. Puzzling and frustrating
BAFFLING, noun. An act of foiling or thwarting.
BAFFLING WIND, noun. (nautical) A wind that frequently shifts from one point to another.
BAFFLING WINDS, noun. Plural of baffling wind

Dictionary definition

BAFFLING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope