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puzzling   (TTS Sound)

The verb puzzle has 2 senses

• perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")


• puzzle -- (be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure")

The adj puzzling has 2 senses

• enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling -- (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")


• confusing, perplexing, puzzling -- (lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement")