baffling
adjective
baf·fling
ˈba-f(ə-)liŋ 
: extremely confusing or difficult to understand
a baffling decision
found the directions utterly baffling
bafflingly
adverb
a bafflingly complex explanation
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The fact no one has picked up this exceptional docu from director David Kittredge is baffling, leading me to think somehow it is cursed, much the same way the original Exorcist was thought to be while in production.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
There are several baffling visual motifs, like Jonah’s insistence on wearing the tightest possible shirt in which to teach high-school English or Miller’s ever-flexing jaw muscle.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
To many analysts, this shift might have seemed baffling.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Even the film‘s core concept of The Synchronizer, a baffling psychic invention from the script that not only vexed audiences but forced unionized crew members to debate whether the thing was a light or a prop.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
There are several baffling visual motifs, like Jonah’s insistence on wearing the tightest possible shirt in which to teach high-school English or Miller’s ever-flexing jaw muscle.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
To many analysts, this shift might have seemed baffling.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Even the film‘s core concept of The Synchronizer, a baffling psychic invention from the script that not only vexed audiences but forced unionized crew members to debate whether the thing was a light or a prop.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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