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Webster 1913 Edition

Baffling

Baf′fling

(băf′flĭng)
,
Adj.
Frustrating; discomfiting; disconcerting;
as,
baffling
currents, winds, tasks
.
–
Baff′ling-ly
,
adv.
–
Baff′ling-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Baffling

BAF'FLING

,
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.

Definition 2024

baffling

baffling

English

Verb

baffling

  1. present participle of baffle

Adjective

baffling ‎(comparative more baffling, superlative most baffling)

  1. puzzling and frustrating

Translations

Noun

baffling ‎(plural bafflings)

  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.
    • 1831, The Quarterly Review (London)
      […] the contrast of the one determined and still triumphant will of the man, with the transient and vain bafflings of winds or waves, of gods, or monsters […]

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