"baffling" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more baffling [comparative], most baffling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} baffling (comparative more baffling, superlative most baffling)
  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
    Sense id: en-baffling-en-adj-wHkfllpx
  2. frustrating Translations (puzzling and frustrating): объркващ (obǎrkvašt) (Bulgarian), разстройващ (razstrojvašt) (Bulgarian), hämmentävä (Finnish), déconcertant (French), 不可解 (fukakai) (Japanese), perplexus (Latin), rutu (note: of wind) (Maori), pōkīkī (Maori), desmemoriant (Occitan), desconcertant (Occitan), desconcertante (Portuguese), desorientador (Portuguese), zbunjujući (Serbo-Croatian), rastrojavajući (Serbo-Croatian), dekoncentrirajući (Serbo-Croatian), desconcertante (Spanish), förvirrande (Swedish), förbryllande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-baffling-en-adj-ATAztDO~ Disambiguation of 'puzzling and frustrating': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baffling wind

Noun [English]

Forms: bafflings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} baffling (plural bafflings)
  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.
    Sense id: en-baffling-en-noun-GKreDxb2

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} baffling
  1. present participle and gerund of baffle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: baffle
    Sense id: en-baffling-en-verb-PGYdrOGs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 4 86

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for baffling meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)

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