baffling
The word “baffling” has 2 syllables: baf-fling.
It's pronounced as /ˈbæflɪŋ/.
What is synonym and antonym for baffling?
In the thesaurus, “baffling” has 30 synonyms and 30 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for baffling along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for baffling
- balking
- barring
- bewildering
- checkmate
- confounding
- confused
- confusing
- crossing
- debarment
- determent
- deterrence
- disjointed
- disorganized
- enigmatic
- foiling
- forbidding
- frustrating
- frustration
- hampering
- incomprehensible
- muddled
- mystifying
- negation
- neutralization
- nullification
- perplexing
- puzzling
- thwarting
- unfathomable
- unorganized
Antonyms for baffling
- advancing
- aid
- aiding
- assistance
- assisting
- assuring
- clear
- coherent
- compelling
- comprehensible
- connected
- cultivating
- encouraging
- fathomable
- forwarding
- fostering
- furthering
- logical
- orderly
- organized
- promoting
- rational
- reasonable
- satisfying
- sensible
- solid
- sound
- support
- systematic
- valid
Meanings of baffling
- verb
- To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
- To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
- To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
- To foil; to thwart.
- To struggle in vain.
- noun
- An act of foiling or thwarting.
- adjective
- Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
- Frustrating.
Example Sentences
- The disappearance of the keys remains a baffling mystery.
- His behavior is utterly baffling, nobody can make sense of it.
- The instructions were so poorly written that they were baffling to everyone.
- The complexity of the problem is baffling even the most seasoned experts.
- The sudden change in weather is baffling meteorologists who struggle to predict it.
On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to baffling, such as: advancing, aid, aiding, assistance, assisting, assuring, balking.
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balking
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- frustration
- hampering
- negating
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bamboozling
- baffling
- befuddle
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- deceive
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- delude
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- mystify
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debarment
- baffling
- banishment
- deterrence
- discharge
- displacement
- ejection
- elimination
- eviction
- exclusion
- neutralization
- nullification
- omission
- ouster
- prohibition
- purge
- rejection
- removal
- suspension
- thwarting