baffling

Etymology

verb

1. 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. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160
   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 2021, The Guardian, baffling brexit rules threaten export chaos gove is warned, London: The Guardian
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 […] 1831, The Quarterly Review (London)