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puzzled

puz·zle
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [puhz-uh l]
    • /ˈpʌz əl/
    • /ˈpʌz.l̩d/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [puhz-uh l]
    • /ˈpʌz əl/

Definitions of puzzled word

  • noun puzzled a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort. 1
  • noun puzzled something puzzling; a puzzling question, matter, or person. 1
  • noun puzzled a puzzled or perplexed condition; bewilderment. 1
  • noun puzzled a crossword puzzle: Did you do the puzzle in the newspaper today? 1
  • noun puzzled a jigsaw puzzle. 1
  • verb with object puzzled to put (someone) at a loss; mystify; confuse; baffle: Her attitude puzzles me. 1

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Origin of puzzled

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; origin uncertain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Puzzled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

puzzled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

puzzled usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for puzzled

adj puzzled

  • addlepated — addlebrained.
  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • asea — in a seaward manner
  • at a loss — If a business produces something at a loss, they sell it at a price which is less than it cost them to produce it or buy it.
  • at sea — At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.

adjective puzzled

  • baffled — lacking in understanding
  • bamboozled — to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle, defraud, flimflam, hoax, gull, rook; delude, mislead, fool.
  • confounded — bewildered; confused
  • disquisitive — Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
  • floored — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.

verb puzzled

  • beclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of becloud.
  • eluded — Simple past tense and past participle of elude.
  • enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
  • graveled — Simple past tense and past participle of gravel.
  • wondered — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.

noun puzzled

  • coded — Coded messages have words or symbols which represent other words, so that the message is secret unless you know the system behind the code.
  • jigsawed — Simple past tense and past participle of jigsaw.
  • mazed — Simple past tense and past participle of maze.

Antonyms for puzzled

adj puzzled

  • all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • comprehendible — comprehensible
  • graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
  • lucid — easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.

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