baffling
pronunciation
How to pronounce baffling in British English:
UK ['bæflɪŋ]
How to pronounce baffling in American English:
US [ˈbæflɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve
Word Origin
- baffling (adj.)
- 1783, "bewildering," present participle adjective from baffle (v.); earlier a sailor's adjective for winds that blow variously and make headway difficult (c. 1770s).
Example
- 1. Many other jobs are allotted through a baffling system of regional quotas .
- 2. This has created perverse and often baffling incentives , given hong kong and macao 's close economic integration with mainland china .
- 3. If I were a shareholder faced with so many boring , baffling pages that seek to excuse the inexcusable , I might be inclined to submit out of sheer weariness .
- 4. What is arguably most significant and baffling is that the overall relationship between the price of government bonds and equity markets appears to be defying historical precedent , since both asset classes have recently rallied sharply .
- 5. The role of sadness was particularly baffling , he says .