baffling adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.[T]he primitive concept of the generative act was one of awe and worship, accorded to a force which was incomprehensible and baffling. — 1936 •Frustrating. noun1 •An act of foiling or thwarting.[…] 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 […] — 1831 formsbafflings · more baffling · most baffling