'puzzled' definitions:
Definition of 'puzzled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
Definition of 'puzzled'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [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]
Synonyms of 'puzzled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addled,
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- annoyed,
- anxious,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at a loss,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- baffled,
- bamboozled,
- beat,
- beguiled,
- beset,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- bothered,
- breathless,
- buffaloed,
- captivated,
- confounded,
- dazed,
- distressed,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- embarrassed,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- fascinated,
- flabbergasted,
- floored,
- fuddled,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- harassed,
- hypnotized,
- in a dilemma,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- in suspense,
- inconvenienced,
- irked,
- licked,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- muddled,
- mystified,
- nonplussed,
- on tenterhooks,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overwhelmed,
- perplexed,
- perturbed,
- plagued,
- popeyed,
- put to it,
- rapt in wonder,
- sore beset,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- staring,
- stuck,
- stumped,
- stupefied,
- surprised,
- thrown,
- thunderstruck,
- troubled,
- under a charm,
- vexed,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering,
- worried