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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
puzzle \puz"zle\, v. t. imp. p. p. puzzled pu^z"z'ld;
p. pr. vb. n. puzzling pu^z"zli^ng.
1. to perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
to nonplus.
1913 webster
a very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous
in puzzling others. --dr. h. more.
1913 webster
he is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his
own blunders. --addison.
1913 webster
2. to make intricate; to entangle.
1913 webster
they disentangle from the puzzled skein. --cowper.
1913 webster
the ways of heaven are dark and intricate,
puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
--addison.
1913 webster
3. to solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
as, to puzzle out a mystery.
1913 webster
syn: to embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. see
embarrass.
1913 webster
see also:
puzzled puzzling embarrass
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
puzzled
adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
goodbye" syn: at a lossp, nonplused, nonplussed
see also:
at a lossp nonplused nonplussed
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
85 moby thesaurus words for "puzzled":
addled, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, annoyed, anxious,
astonished, astounded, at a loss, at gaze, awed, awestruck,
baffled, bamboozled, beat, beguiled, beset, bewildered, bewitched,
bothered, breathless, buffaloed, captivated, confounded, dazed,
distressed, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, embarrassed, enchanted,
enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, fascinated,
flabbergasted, floored, fuddled, gaping, gauping, gazing, harassed,
hypnotized, in a dilemma, in awe, in awe of, in suspense,
inconvenienced, irked, licked, lost in wonder, marveling,
mesmerized, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks,
open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, perplexed, perturbed, plagued,
popeyed, put to it, rapt in wonder, sore beset, spellbound,
staggered, staring, stuck, stumped, stupefied, surprised, thrown,
thunderstruck, troubled, under a charm, vexed, wide-eyed,
wonder-struck, wondering, worried
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