• Puzzled

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈpÊŒ.zlÌ©d/

    Full definition of puzzled

    Adjective

    puzzled

    1. Confused or perplexed.
      • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Sons, 11:(...) when the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.
      • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1Once or twice he scratched his head, and stared out of the window with a puzzled frown. And each time, after a brief survey of the other side of Half Moon Street, he turned back again to the breakfast table with a grin.

    Verb

    puzzled
    1. puzzled

      (past of puzzle)
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