to puzzle
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈpʌzəl/
:
desconcertar
- Many scientists are puzzled by the strange behavior of the particle.
- look puzzled
- seem puzzled
- puzzle many people
Good people have been puzzled by this kind of probability law.
- Good people have been puzzled by this kind of probability law.
- So try not look too much into that sort of thing because it puzzles me sometimes, you know what I mean?
- So it puzzles me that that we, it already seems to be falling apart.
Examples
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Russia's international behavior during the last decade has puzzled many U.S. observers.
Academic text (2011) -
I must confess myself to be puzzled as well.
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Does it ever puzzle you.
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So try not look too much into that sort of thing because it puzzles me sometimes, you know what I mean?
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This is what really puzzles me.
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It's puzzled me all these years.
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That would puzzle them, wouldn't it?
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So it puzzles me that that we, it already seems to be falling apart.
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But some of my friends and in particularly my brother are puzzled by the mystery.
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There's one thing that puzzles me.
Synonyms
266
1.9
Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand
190
7.0
To be too difficult for someone to understand
65
5.3
To make someone very confused and unable to understand
35
6.3
To make someone confused and unable to understand
29
5.3
Make someone very confused and unable to think clearly
28
6.5
To make someone confused by making something seem mysterious
22
7.0
Make someone unable to think clearly
17
7.0
To surprise someone so much that they cannot speak or answer
11
7.8
To make someone very confused so they cannot think clearly
9
7.9
To make someone unable to think or react after a very strong shock
7
8.6
To confuse someone so they do not know what to do or think
6
9.9
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
1
7.7
To confuse someone by making something hard to understand
Surprise and confuse a person so they do not know what to do
To annoy or puzzle someone
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Etymology
One idea is that the verb puzzle grew from pose 'to ask', changed into a word for placing a hard question on someone. That's why when something puzzles you, it makes you confused or unsure what it means.