puzzle
verb [I + adv/prep, T] /ˈpʌz.l̩/Definition
C1 to cause someone to feel confused and slightly worried because they cannot understand something, or to think hard about something in order to understand it: The findings of the survey puzzle me - they're not at all what I would have expected. [+ question word] It puzzles me why she said that. Management are still puzzling about/over how the accident could have happened.Puzzle and confuseDifficult to understand
(Definition of puzzle verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- addle verb
- baffle verb
- bewilder verb
- blind sb with science idiom
- blind verb (CAUSE TO IGNORE)
- boggle verb
- cloud verb
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox verb
- fox verb (CONFUSE)
- fuddle verb
- get verb (CONFUSE)
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix sb up phrasal verb
- search verb
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- throw sb off balance idiom
- throw verb (CONFUSE)
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance verb (MENTALLY ILL)
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