| verb | be a mystery or bewildering to “This beats me!” |
| verb | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of “What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge” |
| verb | check the emission of (sound) |
| adjective | making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe “a baffling problem” |
| puzzle | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| puzzlement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| puzzler | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystification | noun | something designed to mystify or bewilder |
| mystifier | noun | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution |
| mystery | noun | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained |
| bafflement | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| poser | noun | a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem |
| bewilderment | noun | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| stupefaction | noun | a feeling of stupefied astonishment |
| thwarter | noun | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
| thwarting | noun | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |
| foiling | noun | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |
| cross | noun | any affliction that causes great suffering |
| frustrative | adjective | preventing realization or attainment of a desire |
| frustration | noun | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
| baffle | noun | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
| knottiness | noun | puzzling complexity |
| problem | noun | a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved |
| toughness | noun | impressive difficulty |