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  Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
     (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
     Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
     tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
     b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
     beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth,
     beffen to bark, chide.]
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     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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  Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
     Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
     currents, winds, tasks. -- Baff"ling*ly, adv. --
     Baff"ling*ness, n.
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  Baffle \Baf"fle\ (b[a^]f"f'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baffled
     (-f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Baffling (-fl[i^]ng).] [Cf.
     Lowland Scotch bauchle to treat contemptuously, bauch
     tasteless, abashed, jaded, Icel. b[=a]gr uneasy, poor, or
     b[=a]gr, n., struggle, b[ae]gja to push, treat harshly, OF.
     beffler, beffer, to mock, deceive, dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth,
     beffen to bark, chide.]
     1. To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a
        recreant knight. [Obs.]
  
              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.
  
     2. To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
  
              The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim.
                                                    --Cowper.
  
     3. To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or
        defeat; to thwart. ``A baffled purpose.'' --De Quincey.
  
              A suitable scripture ready to repel and baffle them
              all.                                  --South.
  
              Calculations so difficult as to have baffled, until
              within a . . . recent period, the most enlightened
              nations.                              --Prescott.
  
              The mere intricacy of a question should not baffle
              us.                                   --Locke.
  
     Baffling wind (Naut.), one that frequently shifts from one
        point to another.
  
     Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; frustrate; defeat.

  Baffling \Baf"fling\ (b[a^]f"fl[i^]ng), a.
     Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting; as, baffling
     currents, winds, tasks. -- Baff"ling*ly, adv. --
     Baff"ling*ness, n.

  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]

  baffling
     Αγγλικά a.
     ακατανόητος, δυσνόητος, μπερδευτικός, συγχυτικός, που προκαλεί
  σύγχυση στην κατανόηση

  baffling
     a.
     1 puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
     2 frustrating
     n.
     An act of foiling or thwarting.
     vb.
     (present participle of en baffle nocat=1)

  baffling
     a.
     1 puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
     2 frustrating
     n.
     An act of foiling or thwarting.
     vb.
     (present participle of en baffle nocat=1)

  baffling
     a.
     1 puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
     2 frustrating
     n.
     An act of foiling or thwarting.
     vb.
     (present participle of en baffle nocat=1)

  baffling
     a.
     1 puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
     2 frustrating
     n.
     An act of foiling or thwarting.
     vb.
     (present participle of en baffle nocat=1)

  baffling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b affl ing e)

  baffling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en baffle ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb baffle)

  Baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  التّحيير

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/ 
  объркващ, разстройващ
  puzzling and frustrating

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/ 
  nepochopitelný

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  vor ein Rätsel stellend, ratlos machend
     Synonyms: stumping, mystifying, puzzling
  
   see: stump sb., baffle sb., mystify sb., puzzle sb., stumped, baffled, mystified, puzzled
  

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  dämpfend
   see: baffle, baffled
  

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  rätselhaft 

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  verblüffend, frappierend, sprachlos machend, umwerfend, umhauend
     Synonyms: flummoxing, perplexing
  
   see: baffle, flummox, perplex sb., baffled, flummoxed, perplexed, be flummoxed
  

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  
  που σε σαστίζει, που σε φέρνει σε αμηχανία

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/ 
  hämmentävä
  puzzling and frustrating

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  1. zavarba ejtô
  2. elképesztô
  3. érthetetlen

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/ 
  不可解
  puzzling and frustrating

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/ 
  förbryllande, förvirrande
  puzzling and frustrating

  baffling /bˈaflɪŋ/
  1. şaşırtıcı, aldatıcı, durmadan değişen. baffling winds (den.) kararsız rüzgarlar. bafflingly  şaşırtıcı durumda .

  
/ˈbæfəɫɪŋ/, /ˈbæfɫɪŋ/

  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
  
  

  a. 阻碍...的,使困惑的,不可理解的;

     a. 阻碍的,使困惑的,不可理解的