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 baffling discovery was made near sunset on New Year’s Day, about an 8-mile drive northeast from Salisbury.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
Enter Smile, a supernatural horror film starring Sosie Bacon as a clinical psychiatrist named Rose Cotter, who works in a public hospital and witnesses a patient's baffling suicide.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
In certain ways, choosing Minaj as a surprise guest was a baffling homage.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
But that was the last time Henry touched the ball — another baffling set of decisions in another fourth-quarter collapse by a Baltimore team that's had plenty of those in recent years.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
Enter Smile, a supernatural horror film starring Sosie Bacon as a clinical psychiatrist named Rose Cotter, who works in a public hospital and witnesses a patient's baffling suicide.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
In certain ways, choosing Minaj as a surprise guest was a baffling homage.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
But that was the last time Henry touched the ball — another baffling set of decisions in another fourth-quarter collapse by a Baltimore team that's had plenty of those in recent years.
—CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Baffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baffling. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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