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baffling: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

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mystifying collapse

elusive collapse: skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline; difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

embarrassing collapse: causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

perplexing collapse

disconcerting collapse: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

inexplicable collapse: incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

puzzler collapse

mind boggler collapse

bewildering collapse: causing bafflement; "the play was at the same time a bewildering and an exciting experience"

paradoxical collapse: seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"

stumper collapse

floorer collapse

perturbing collapse

why collapse: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

question mark collapse: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

tough proposition collapse

dismaying collapse

upsetting collapse

puzzling collapse

problematical collapse

problematic collapse

opaque collapse: not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"; not clearly understood or expressed

disturbing collapse

incomprehensible collapse: difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

poser collapse: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

enigmatic collapse: resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"; not clear to the understanding; "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"

sticker collapse

enigma collapse

difficult collapse: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"; requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"

indefinite collapse: not decided or not known; "were indefinite about their plans"; "plans are indefinite"; vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

intricate collapse: having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate; "intricate lacework"

perplexity collapse: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

crux collapse: the most important point

puzzle collapse: a toy that tests your ingenuity; a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"; be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"

unaccountable collapse: not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear"; free from control or responsibility

mysterious collapse: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"

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