Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAFFLING

ppr. Eluding by shifts, and turns, or by stratagem; defeating; confounding. A baffling wind, among seamen, is one that frequently shifts, from one point to another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BAFFLING

BAFFLING Baf "fling, a.

 

Defn: Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling currents, winds, tasks. -- Bafflingly, adv. -- Bafflingness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

baffling

baff ling |ˈbafəliNG | ▶adjective impossible to understand; perplexing: the crime is a baffling mystery for the police. DERIVATIVES baf fling ly adverb [ as submodifier ] : his team selection has been bafflingly erratic

 

Oxford Dictionary

baffling

baf |fling |ˈbaf (ə )lɪŋ | ▶adjective impossible to understand; perplexing: the crime is a baffling mystery for the police. DERIVATIVES bafflingly adverb [ as submodifier ] : his team selection has been bafflingly erratic

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

baffling

baffling adjective the thief left behind some baffling clues: puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear; inexplicable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic, opaque. ANTONYMS clear, comprehensible.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

baffling

baffling adjective I found his explanation baffling: puzzling, bewildering, perplexing, mystifying, bemusing, confusing, unclear, difficult /hard to understand, beyond one, above one's head; mysterious, enigmatic, obscure, abstruse, unfathomable, inexplicable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic, opaque; archaic wildering. ANTONYMS clear, comprehensible.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

baffling

baf fling /bǽf (ə )lɪŋ /形容詞 不可解な, 当惑させる ; やっかいな .