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baffling - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
baffling wind, that is, one which frequently shifts from one point to another.noun baffle-plate, baffle-ring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb baffle .adjective puzzling and frustrating
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
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Examples
"They couldn't communicate with them," Foels said of officers 'troubled attempts to ascertain the group's motive, which he termed baffling , bizarre and uncommon.
unknown title 2009
And one of the most baffling is the Mpemba Effect.
The Mpemba Effect ewillett 2010
She delights, there, in baffling us, and demands blind following.
Laetare Sunday Jean 2009
And one of the most baffling is the Mpemba Effect.
The Mpemba Effect ewillett 2010
What I always find baffling is that any industry would want to limit what is essentially cheap or next to free publicity and advertising for their product.
Blogger Certification: Helpful or Counterproductive? « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour 2009
She delights, there, in baffling us, and demands blind following.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jean 2009
But it is just plain baffling to watch him take the same regal attitude toward a Congress in which his party holds solid majorities in both houses.
Matthew Yglesias » Alan Bersin 2010
Kapleau defines it as a formulation, in baffling language, pointing to ultimate truth.
Notes on 'Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites' 2007
And what's more baffling is that they counted us out even though there's the wild card, too.
USATODAY.com - Cardinal fans' impatience rewarded 2001
Whenever this occurred the discovery of a fresh outrage was sure to follow, but, so far, the miscreants had succeeded in baffling not only the police, but also the many farm hands who had formed themselves into a band of volunteer watchmen, determined to bring the cattle maimers to justice.
Lady Molly of Scotland Yard 1912
sonofgroucho commented on the word baffling
It is baffling to find that I am currently the only Wordie to list "baffling"!
December 21, 2006