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puzzled |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puzzled}; p. pr & vb n. {Puzzling}.] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand to nonplus. A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous in puzzling others --Dr. H. More He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his own blunders. --Addison. 2. To make intricate; to entangle. They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper. The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison. 3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out as to puzzle out a mystery. Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See {Embarrass}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: puzzled adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye" [syn: {at a loss(p)}, {nonplused}, {nonplussed}]
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