baffling
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (Freq. 1) - a baffling problem - I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast - a problematic situation at home • Syn: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough • Similar to: difficult, hard • Derivationally related forms: toughness (for: tough), problem (for: problematical), problem (for: problematic), knottiness (for: knotty)
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