as in perplexing
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
most of the applicants were befuddled by the wording of one of the questions on the driving test
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for befuddling
Adjective
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Every little facet of their lives becomes a perplexing anthropological study, an affirmation to older people that youth is wasted on the young.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Equally perplexing, the president’s tax plan ignores the well-being of these same families and their children.—
Bruce Fuller,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Americans, and a dismaying number of politicians, keep crying for a crackdown on crimes that aren’t happening.—
F.K. Plous,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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The late President’s priorities were remarkably prescient, and his personal qualities offered a dismaying contrast to so much of the present state of American politics.—
Erin Neil,
The New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Super Bowl Opening Night is a bewildering sight of grandeur, spectacle and the mundane business of people asking other people questions.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The social media site has been upsetting Linux fans for mysteriously taking down user posts mentioning the OS.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
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Tommy has given her share of bad medical news on 9-1-1: Lone Star, but now the EMT is facing an upsetting diagnosis of her own.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Humans may occasionally make seemingly random, incomprehensible, and inconsistent mistakes, but such occurrences are rare and often indicative of more serious problems.—
Bruce Schneier,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Jan. 2025
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