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Synonyms for puzzling
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puhz-ling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌz lɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for puzzling
Définition of puzzling
Origin :- "bewildering," 1660s, present participle adjective from puzzle (v.). Related: Puzzlingly.
- adj confusing
- When we had satisfied ourselves that he was alone, we took pleasure in puzzling him.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- This was a puzzling thing, but the excavators studied it out at last.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- He remained reserved, retiring, inconspicuous, and puzzling to our understanding.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Sometimes I have thought, sir, when puzzling over it, that he may be screening another.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- She saw her way out of the difficulty that had been puzzling her.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- Puzzling over what Frank's object could have been, Ned went up to the tent.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- Though, after all, what was the use of putting herself in such a state and puzzling her brains?
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- The hall had a puzzling look of equal nobility and shabbiness.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
- It had made me understand a hundred little matters that hitherto had been puzzling me.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- They had, somehow, a distasteful, puzzling piece of work cut out for them.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
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