What is the meaning of baffling?

verb

• Be a mystery or bewildering to.
  • usage: "This beats me"; "Got me-I don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
  • synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
• Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
  • usage: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Check the emission of (sound.
  • synonyms: baffle, regulate

adjective

• Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe.
  • usage: "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
  • synonyms: elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough