Synonyms for baffling
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Perplexing — puzzling, perplexing, bewildering
perplexing, confusing, bewildering, difficult, problematic, problematical, labyrinthine, tough, hard, elusive, knotty, puzzling
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
Related words
- Word family
- bafflingly
Example sentences
- difficult Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
- confusing David is confusing Amanda's dad with someone else.
- perplexing Sami asked Layla a perplexing question.
- bewildering Tom found the sheer size of the city bewildering at first.
- frustrating I won't be able to stay in such a frustrating job.
- disconcerting These are very disconcerting questions to ponder.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| baffling | steady | |
| difficult | steady | |
| confusing | rising | |
| perplexing | steady | |
| bewildering | steady | |
| frustrating | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hard1
- 5 letters
- tough1
- 6 letters
- knotty2
- 7 letters
- elusive3
- 8 letters
- puzzling3
- 9 letters
- difficult3, confusing3
- 10 letters
- perplexing3
- 11 letters
- frustrating3, problematic4, bewildering4
- 12 letters
- labyrinthine4
- 13 letters
- disconcerting4, problematical5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (knotty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déconcertant
- Deutsch
- verwirrend