to riddle

Examples

• All

• So I beg Chalmers to riddle me this: Isn't LeBron James the primary ballhandler on their team?

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• He loves to riddle his stories with intriguing questions that keep readers guessing.

• Well, if his style is so effective, riddle me this...

  Dead Men Walking (2005)

• Riddle me this, riddle me that...

  Blog text (29)

• So riddle me this: um, what's good with getting food?

  ATM (2012)

• Well, riddle me this, Batman.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Riddle me this: If a guy drove a house into your living room, would you be likely to come back to him?

  Blog text (24)

• Riddle me this: what kind of man has bats on the brain?

  Fiction book (1995)

• So riddle me this, gorgeous UB readers: what was the first album you ever bought?

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• Ah, and riddle me this: Mitt Romney condemns government in its many functions, and in particular, its ability to employ people, give them wages, and help them support their families.

  Blog text (7)

Synonyms

P

to puzzle

vsto riddle

73 4.9

To make someone feel confused when something is hard to understand

adds the idea of posing a difficult question or using mysterious language

B

to baffle

vsto riddle

65 5.3

To make someone very confused and unable to understand

is less about complete bewilderment and more about posing puzzling questions

S

to stump

vsto riddle

39 5.3

To make someone unable to answer a question

also covers speaking or writing in a puzzling, mysterious way

M

to mystify

vsto riddle

28 6.5

To make someone confused by making something seem mysterious

focuses more on presenting a difficult question rather than just causing mystery

V

to vex

vsto riddle

1 7.7

To confuse someone by making something hard to understand

is more active about asking or speaking in a puzzling, intentional way

P

to pose a riddle

vsto riddle

5.8

Give a puzzling question for other people to solve

is more general, also includes speaking or writing mysteriously

Antonyms

E

to explain

∞ 1.0

To make something clear by describing it in simple words

C

to clarify

248 3.3

To make something clear so others can understand it

Idioms

R

riddle wrapped in an enigma

• Informal

1 9.7

Something or someone that is very mysterious and hard to understand

Phrasal Verbs

P

to pose a riddle

5.8

Give a puzzling question for other people to solve

Compounds

R

riddle canon

• Specialized

9.9

A musical piece where players solve clues to know when to start playing

How Puzzling

to baffle

65 5.3

to bewilder

29 5.3

to riddle

6 6.0

to stump

39 5.3

Surface Forms

Etymology