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What is another word for baffling?

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Adjective

Intellectually hard to comprehend or resolve

Unusual or out of the ordinary

Causing distress, difficulty, or trouble

Difficult to describe or define

Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind

Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm

Noun

The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something

Verb

Causing of amazement

Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

Present participle for to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

(beggar belief) Present participle for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Present participle for to deceive or cheat

Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm

Present participle for to avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

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Adjective

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Intellectually hard to comprehend or resolve

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

impossible to understand

not easily understood

too hard to understand

double Dutch

too difficult to understand

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

laboured^UK

skillful^US

labored^US

skilful^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

behind someone's back

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“The fact that the film tries to go back to cheeky black comedy after this is simply baffling.”

Adjective

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Unusual or out of the ordinary

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

like nothing on earth

flakey^US

flaky^UK

away with the fairies

as daft as a brush

stark staring mad

not the full shilling

specialized^US

specialised^UK

have bats in the belfry

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

customized^US

never to be forgotten

customised^UK

untrammeled^US

not in your right mind

by itself

self-contained

on its own

a few cards shy of a full deck

deprived of one's wits

one card shy of a full deck

manic-depressive

over the edge

non compos

severely mentally ill

one sandwich short of a picnic

having kangaroos in the top paddock

flipped-out

as mad as a March hare

flipped out

crazy as a loon

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

potentially dangerous

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

have a screw loose

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Adjective

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Causing distress, difficulty, or trouble

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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Adjective

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Difficult to describe or define

Adjective

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Causing emotion, excitement, or stimulation in the mind

Adjective

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Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

dishonoring^US

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Noun

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The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something

Verb

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Causing of amazement

Verb

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Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

setting someone thinking

mixing up

making someone scratch their head

boggling the mind of

causing to be at a stand

putting someone off their stroke

thwarting

shocking

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

balking^US

baulking^UK

messing with one's head

taking by surprise

making your head spin

stopping someone in their tracks

putting out of countenance

setting someone back on their heels

putting someone off their stride

causing to lose your bearings

filling with amazement

knocking the stuffing out of

making nervous

putting into a flap

catching unawares

causing someone to lose their composure

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

fouling up

upsetting the applecart

distorting

appalling

throwing into a tizzy

distracting from

tangling

knocking over with feather

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

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“The magician's sleight of hand thoroughly baffle the audience, leaving them in awe and confusion.”

Verb

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Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

balking^US

baulking^UK

putting the kibosh on

throwing a spanner in the works

upsetting the applecart

standing in the way of

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

getting in the way

retarding

doing for

putting the mockers on

putting the stopper on

screwing up

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

getting in the way of

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

throwing monkey wrench in

curtailing

giving the run around

inconveniencing

messing up

playing off

cooking someone's goose

halting in its tracks

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

throwing a spoke in the wheel of

putting the damper on

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

getting the better of

taking wind out of sails

taking the wind out of your sails

keeping back

slowing up

putting back

bringing to screeching halt

putting on back burner

throwing a monkey wrench into

beating someone to the draw

beating someone to the punch

refusing

picking off

beating someone to it

putting the brakes on

keeping under control

ostracizing^US

bringing to a standstill

breaking the habit of

ostracising^UK

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“They are offered without the baffle but I prefer the baffled sound.”

Verb

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Present participle for to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits

pulling a fast one on

getting the better of

going one better than

taking to the cleaners

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(beggar belief) Present participle for to defy or be beyond that which can be believed

Verb

Present participle for to deceive or cheat

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

pulling a fast one on

pulling a swifty on

taking to the cleaners

pulling one's leg

selling a pup to

roping in

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

jerking around

Verb

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Present participle for to discourage or overwhelm

Verb

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Present participle for to avoid (something undesirable) by luck or skill

balking^US

baulking^UK

keeping your distance

giving the runaround

slipping through the net of

escaping the clutches of

leading on a merry chase

giving a wide berth to

having nothing to do with

paying no attention to

throwing off the scent

keeping one's distance from

keeping at arm's length

giving something a miss

turning a blind eye to

paying little attention to

blinking at

winking at

leaving something undone

letting something slide

turning a deaf ear to

brushing aside

leaving alone

jacking in

slipping through your fingers

looking the other way

keeping out of the way of

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

giving someone the go-by

cutting someone cold

giving the cold shoulder to

giving someone the brush-off

tap dancing around

talking around

extricating oneself from

avoiding dealing with

ducking out of the way of

getting out of the way of

swerving away from

slipping through the net

stalling

giving the cold shoulder

going around the barn

failing to look after

failing to provide for

depreciating

thinking little of

letting pass

not troubling oneself

procrastinating

throwing to the winds

resisting the temptation to

breaking the habit of

not taking into account

burying one's head in sand

moving from side to side

letting well enough alone

jibbing at

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