baffling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of baffle

adj

1. 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.”

   “Ministers must restart trade negotiations with Brussels immediately to sort out the "baffling" array of post-Brexit rulesand regulations that now threaten much of the UK'sexport trade to the EU”

2. Frustrating.

noun

1. 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 […]”