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What is "puzzled" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does puzzled mean in English? Meaning of puzzled definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "puzzled" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "puzzled": filled with bewilderment

Adjective

  • Meaning: filled with bewilderment
  • Example: at a loss to understand those remarks puzzled that she left without saying goodbye
  • Synonyms: at a loss nonplused nonplussed puzzled
  • Similar: perplexed
  • Adjective: Confused or perplexed. 1848, w: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 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.1848, w: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 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.

    • Synonyms:

    bewildered, perplexed, doubtful, thrown, lost, stumped, discombobulated, stuck, dopey, foggy, hung up, baffled, rattled, mystified, clueless, bollixed, nonplussed, floored, shook, spaced out, at a loss, at sea, come apart, come unzipped, fouled up, in a fog, loused up, messed up, mind-blown, mixed up, mucked up, screwed up, shook up, unglued, without a clue,

    Antonyms:

    aware, cognizant, clear, certain, sure,

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    puzzled in English: puzzled
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