baffling

verb

  1. To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.

  2. To hoodwink or deceive (someone).

  3. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.

    "I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions."

  4. To foil; to thwart.

  5. To struggle in vain.

    "A ship baffles with the winds."

noun

  1. An act of foiling or thwarting.

adjective

  1. Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.

  2. Frustrating