BAFFLING Synonyms

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

• difficult to analyze or understand

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

• causing confusion or disorientation

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• causing an emotional disturbance

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• incapable of being explained or accounted for

• difficult to understand

• incapable of being explained or accounted for

• having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• tangled in knots or snarls

• of an obscure nature

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

• hard or impossible to understand

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured

• resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable

• incapable of being fully understood

• extremely annoying or displeasing

• causing irritation or annoyance

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• make stupid with alcohol

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally

• affect with wonder

• be a mystery or bewildering to