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Synonyms for baffling
baf·fling
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Princeton's WordNet
baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughadjective
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
"a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
Synonyms:
subtle, gnarled, involved, knotty, problematical, debatable, ruffianly, bad, rugged, toughened, problematic, snarly, gnarly, hard, tangled, sturdy, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, tortuous, convoluted, snarledAntonyms:
easy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
bafflingadjective
Synonyms:
disconcerting, frustrating, confusing, perplexing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "baffling":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#596 | hard | |
#841 | bad | |
#1376 | involved | |
#4924 | tough | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#12142 | rugged | |
#14954 | sturdy | |
#14988 | problematic | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#25735 | tangled | |
#32410 | puzzling | |
#37075 | knotted | |
#41131 | convoluted | |
#45427 | debatable | |
#53611 | baffling | |
#53854 | perplexing | |
#56160 | bewildering | |
#57101 | disconcerting | |
#68031 | knotty | |
#72606 | tortuous | |
#77839 | toughened | |
#79304 | snarled | |
#89990 | gnarly | |
#99916 | gnarled | |
#107333 | problematical | |
#273936 | knobbed |
How to use baffling in a sentence?
The most surprising thing for me is that it has taken until 2021 to recognize that giraffes have a complex social system. We have known for decades about other species of socially complex mammal, such as elephants, primates and cetaceans, but it is baffling to me how such a charismatic and well-known species as the giraffe could have been so understudied until recently.
I talk s --- for a living — that’s why this is so baffling to me, if you’re taking vaccine advice from me, is that really my fault ? What dumb s --- were you about to do when my stupid idea sounded better ? ‘ You know that dude who made people eat animal d --- s on TV ? How does he feel about medicine ? ’ If you want my advice, do n’t take my advice.
To make a dry run and ... have the ability to escape, and then go back in, it is a little baffling.
It's baffling to us.
Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
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