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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

puzzled
    adj 1: filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
           remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"
           [syn: at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed,
           puzzled]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

puzzle \puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. puzzled (p[u^]z"z'ld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. puzzling (p[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
   1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
      to nonplus.
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            A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous
            in puzzling others.                   --Dr. H. More.
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            He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his
            own blunders.                         --Addison.
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   2. To make intricate; to entangle.
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            They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.
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            The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
            Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
      as, to puzzle out a mystery.
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   Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See
        Embarrass.
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Thesaurus Results for puzzled:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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