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baffle (verb), baffles; baffled; baffling
1. To hinder someone by being too hard to understand or to solve: The unexpected news of a tax increase by the governor baffled many of the citizens of his state.
2. To completely confuse or to bewilder other people: Joe was baffled by many of the scientific terms being used in an article he was reading.

Jane's strange behavior was baffling her mother because she had no idea why her daughter was conducting herself that way.

To baffle a man is to defeat him in his efforts to complete something by confusing him.

To foil, to hinder, or to frustrate someone.
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baffling (adjective), more baffling, most baffling
1. A reference to something that makes frustrating and disconcerting mental demands or enquiries: The legal system is often difficult to understand and some lawyers use baffling arguments which can confuse members of juries who are supposed to render impartial verdicts.
2. Characteristic of something which is totally confusing or impossible to comprehend: When Barbara refused to study for her final exams, her mother said, “My daughter’s conduct is so baffling that it is inconceivable for me to understand why she is behaving like that!”
Bewildering; as, a baffling question.
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