[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baffle \baf"fle\ ba^f"f'l, v. t. imp.  p. p. baffled
   -f'ld; p. pr.  vb. n. baffling -fli^ng. cf.
   lowland scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
   tasteless, abashed, jaded, icel. b=agr uneasy, poor, or
   b=agr, n., struggle, baegja to push, treat harshly, of.
   beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. g. baumppe mouth,
   beffen to bark, chide.
   1913 webster
   1. to cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
      recreant knight. obs.
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            he by the heels him hung upon a tree,
            and baffled so, that all which passed by
            the picture of his punishment might see. --spenser.
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   2. to check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
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            the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
                                                  --cowper.
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   3. to check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
      defeat; to thwart. "a baffled purpose." --de quincey.
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            a suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
            all.                                  --south.
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            calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
            within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
            nations.                              --prescott.
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            the mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
            us.                                   --locke.
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   baffling wind naut., one that frequently shifts from one
      point to another.
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   syn: to balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.
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see also:
baffled baffling baffling wind 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baffling \baf"fling\ ba^f"fli^ng, a.
   frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
   currents, winds, tasks. -- baff"lingly, adv. --
   baff"lingness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
baff"lingly baff"lingness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

baffling
     adj : making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a
           baffling problem"; "i faced the knotty problem of what
           to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at
           home" syn: knotty, problematic, problematical
see also:
knotty problematic problematical 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "baffling":
   bewildering, bothering, confounding, confusing, defeating,
   discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing,
   embarrassing, enigmatic, frustrating, intricate, mysterious,
   mystifying, perplexing, perturbing, problematic, puzzling,
   upsetting

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