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Definition of Baffling
1. Adjective. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe. "A problematic situation at home"
Similar to: Difficult, Hard
Derivative terms: Knottiness, Problem, Problem, Toughness
Definition of Baffling
1. a. Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks.
Definition of Baffling
1. Verb. (present participle of baffle) ¹
2. Adjective. puzzling and frustrating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baffling
1. baffle [v] - See also: baffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baffling
Literary usage of Baffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1857)
"FEIGNED MOVEMENTS OF SIR WILLIAM HOWE—baffling CAUTION OF WASHINGTON—RUMORED INROADS
... baffling ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1857)
"... Greatness—Forced March of Cornwallis—Washington Crosses the Delaware —Putnam
in Command at Philadelphia—baffling Letters of Lee—Hopes to Reconquer the ..."
3. Travels in Siberia by S. S. Hill (1854)
"baffling Winds. — First Sight of one of the Kurile Isles.— Driven off. ...
WE had baffling winds and variable weather during the whole of the day on which ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1908)
"Ay, there 's the rub, so baffling oft to me. Boiled, roast and baked—what precious
choice of dishes My generous throat has shared among the fishes ! ..."
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