Antonyms for puzzles

Grammar : Verb

Spell : puhz-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌz əl

Definition of puzzles

Origin : 1590s, pusle "bewilder, confound," possibly frequentative of pose (v.) in obsolete sense of "perplex" (cf. nuzzle from nose). Related: Puzzled; puzzling.

verb baffle, confuse
verb wonder about

Example sentences :

But here's what puzzles me: according to the way I figure it, you must have seen the girl first.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He puzzles and puzzles, and asks me did I bring the draft, and was that your writing at the bottom of it?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The fate of Raleigh's colony is one of the puzzles of history.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Men are annoyed at what puzzles them; they think what they cannot easily understand to be full of danger.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

It was another of the puzzles that he so constantly met with.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

If he but knew that what puzzles me at this moment is myself!
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

There is an almost insolent well-being about her that puzzles me.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Such were the puzzles that tormented him as he descended to the drawing-room.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

I work out all the puzzles, and read the stories and the letters.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 » by Various

"That is what puzzles me, sir," said Frank, fixing a troubled glance upon the fire.
Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

Synonyms for puzzles

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