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| Main Entry: | baffling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, bewildering, beyond one, confusing, difficult to understand, enigmatic, hard to understand, incomprehensible, mystifying, over one's head, perplexing, unclear, unfathomable |
| Antonyms: | clear, comprehensible |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw, addle, buffalo |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder |
| Synonyms: | beat, block, check, circumvent, dash, defeat, disappoint, foil, frustrate, impede, obstruct, prevent, ruin, thwart, upset |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, encourage, help, relieve, support |
| Main Entry: | convoluted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, confused, elaborate, impenetrable, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, serpentine, tangled, tortuous |
| Antonyms: | simple, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | elusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evasive, mysterious |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, fleeting, fraudulent, fugitive, greasy, illusory, incomprehensible, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, occult, phantom, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery, subtle, transient, transitory, tricky, volatile, difficult to catch, elusory, fugacious, imponderable, indefinable, stonewalling, unspecific |
| Notes: | elusive is used when what is being avoided is physical capture or apprehension, whereas evasive is used when what is being avoided is direct or relevant response to a verbal challenge illusory means based on or having the nature of an illusion; elusive means difficult to describe or skillful at eluding capture |
| Antonyms: | confronting, facing, inviting, attracting, encountering, enticing |
| Main Entry: | incomprehensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | Delphic, Greek, baffling, beats me, beyond comprehension, beyond one's grasp, clear as mud, cryptic, enigmatic, fathomless, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, over one's head, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | inexplicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond comprehension, explanation |
| Synonyms: | baffling, enigmatic, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indescribable, inscrutable, insoluble, mysterious, obscure, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unsolvable, inexplainable, mystifying, undefinable, unexplainable |
| Antonyms: | explainable, explicable, intelligible, comprehendible |
| Main Entry: | insoluble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, unable to be solved or answered |
| Synonyms: | baffling, difficult, impenetrable, indecipherable, inexplicable, inextricable, obscure, unaccountable, unfathomable, unresolved, unsolvable, irresolvable, mystifying, unconcluded, unsolved |
| Antonyms: | explainable, explicable, obvious, open, solvable |
| Main Entry: | knotty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, elaborate, formidable, hard, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, perplexing, puzzling, rough, rugged, sophisticated, sticky*, terrible, thorny*, tough, tricky, uphill*, Gordian, effortful, mazy, mystifying, nodulous, problematical, ramified, reticular |
| Antonyms: | simple, uncomplicated, untroublesome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mysterious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, concealed |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, covert, cryptic, curious, dark, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, magical, mystical, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, spiritual, strange, subjective, symbolic, transcendental, uncanny, unfathomable, unknown, unnatural, veiled, weird, alchemistic, astrological, enigmatical, mystifying, necromantic, sphinxlike, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | apparent, known, obvious, plain, public, straightforward, tangible, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | perplexing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complicated, confusing, convoluted, impenetrable, intricate, involved, knotty, mysterious, puzzling, taxing, thorny, worrying, beyond one, disconcerting, mind-bending, mystifying, paradoxical |
| Main Entry: | puzzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confusing |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, baffling, difficult, enigmatic, hard, incomprehensible, inexplicable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, obscure, perplexing, surprising, unaccountable, unclear, unfathomable, bewildering, beyond one, mystifying |
| Antonyms: | intelligible, understandable, comprehendible |
| Main Entry: | unaccountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not explainable; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | arcane, astonishing, baffling, extraordinary, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mystic, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, uncommon, unfathomable, unheard-of, unintelligible, unusual, unexplainable, unknowable, unwonted |
| Antonyms: | accountable, comprehensible, explainable, responsible |
| Main Entry: | confusing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | puzzling |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, difficult, involved, perplexing, befuddling, bewildering, blurring, confounding, disconcerting, disorienting, mystifying, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clear, orderly, reassuring |
| Main Entry: | over one's head |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | baffling, complex, complicated, deep, incomprehensible, profound, unfathomable, bewildering, beyond comprehension, beyond one, hard to understand |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated; hard to comprehend |
| Synonyms: | abstract, abstruse, baffling, complex, confusing, dark, deep, delicate, enigmatic, esoteric, formidable, hidden, inexplicable, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, loose, meandering, mysterious, mystical, nice, obscure, obstinate, perplexing, profound, puzzling, rambling, subtle, tangled, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, bewildering, confounding, enigmatical, entangled, hard to explain, hard to solve, mystifying, paradoxical, problematical, vexing |
| Antonyms: | easy, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | impenetrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incomprehensible |
| Synonyms: | arcane, baffling, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, hidden, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, obscure, unaccountable, unfathomable, unintelligible, Delphic, enigmatical, incognizable, sibylline, ungraspable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable, understandable |
| Main Entry: | opaque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, arcane, baffling, concealed, cryptic, difficult, enigmatic, equivocal, incomprehensible, obscure, obtuse, perplexing, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague, amphibological, imperceptive, nubilous, purblind |
| Antonyms: | clear, easy, unambiguous, understandable, crystal-clear |
| Main Entry: | thorny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, problematic |
| Synonyms: | awkward, baffling, bothersome, formidable, hard, irksome, nettlesome, perplexing, prickly, severe, sticky, ticklish, tough, tricky, troublesome, trying, unpleasant, vexatious, worrying, harassing, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | easy, solvable, untroublesome |
| Main Entry: | unfathomable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe; difficult to understand |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, baffling, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy, impenetrable, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, obscure, profound, unintelligible, clear as mud, incognizable, too deep, uncomprehensible, ungraspable, unknowable |
| Antonyms: | believable, comprehensible, fathomable |
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