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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