puzzled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

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Adjective

puzzled (comparative more puzzled, superlative most puzzled)

1. Confused or perplexed.
   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1

     Once 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.

Derived terms

• puzzledly
• puzzledness

Translations

confused or perplexed

• Catalan: perplex (ca) m, perplexa (ca) f
• Dutch: confuus (nl)
• Finnish: ymmällään, hämmentynyt
• Hebrew: מבולבל (he) (Mevulbal) m

• Hungarian: zavart (hu), tanácstalan (hu)
• Italian: perplesso (it)
• Russian: озадаченный (ru) (ozadačennyj)

Verb

puzzled

1. simple past tense and past participle of puzzle