[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

puzzling
     adj 1: 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" syn: enigmatic, enigmatical
     2: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity;
        "sent confusing signals to iraq"; "perplexing to someone
        who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement" syn: confusing,
         perplexing
see also:
enigmatic enigmatical confusing perplexing 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "puzzling":
   able, abstruse, ambiguous, baffling, beguiling, bewildering,
   bothering, confounding, confusing, contradictory, cryptic,
   discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing,
   embarrassing, enigmatic, enigmatical, exceptional, extraordinary,
   fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, incalculable, incognizable,
   incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, intricate, marvelous,
   miraculous, mysterious, mystifying, outlandish, passing strange,
   perplexing, perturbing, phenomenal, problematic, prodigious, rare,
   remarkable, riddling, sealed, sensational, sphinxlike, strange,
   striking, stupendous, unapparent, unapprehended, unascertained,
   unbeknown, uncharted, unclassified, undisclosed, undiscoverable,
   undiscovered, undivulged, unexplained, unexplored, unexposed,
   unfamiliar, unfathomed, unheard, unheard-of, unidentified,
   unimaginable, uninvestigated, unique, unknowable, unknown,
   unperceived, unplumbed, unprecedented, unrevealed, unsuspected,
   untouched, upsetting, virgin, wonderful, wondrous

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