baffling

verb

  1. 1

    To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.

  2. 2

    To hoodwink or deceive (someone).

  3. 3

    To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.

    “I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.”
  4. 4

    To foil; to thwart.

  5. 5

    To struggle in vain.

    “A ship baffles with the winds.”

noun

  1. 1

    An act of foiling or thwarting.

adjective

  1. 1

    Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

  2. 2

    Frustrating

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