American English pronunciation
How to pronounce puzzled
IPA transcription: ['pʌzəld]
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Verb
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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”
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be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
“We puzzled over her sudden departure”
Adjective
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filled with bewilderment
“at a loss to understand those remarks”
“puzzled that she left without saying goodbye”
Usage examples
- But other statements in the letter puzzled me.
- There was something about the old gentleman which puzzled and rather terrified me.
- The electrician looked puzzled.
- For a moment Owen was puzzled.
- The electrician looked puzzled.
- There was something about the old gentleman which puzzled and rather terrified me.
- The electrician looked puzzled.
- At first he puzzled over something untoward he was sure had happened.
- The electrician looked puzzled.
- Alice could only look puzzled: she was thinking of the pudding.