baffling

About 0.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of baffle
2. adjective Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
3. adjective Frustrating.
4. noun An act of foiling or thwarting.

Similar words

problematic difficult problematical hard knotty perplexing bewildering confounding confusing puzzling

Often followed by

and to the problem problems of as winds in

Word family

bafflingly