puzzle
noun
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/ us
/ˈpʌz.əl/C2 [ S ]
- She had a complex personality that was a real puzzle to me.
- This puzzle has astronomers scratching their heads.
- Planning the camera shots can be like putting together a puzzle.
- Why don't you sit down and draw or do a puzzle?
- I spent hours reasoning out the solution to the puzzle.
- addled
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- alphabet soup
- at sea idiom
- disordered
- disorganization
- disorganized
- disorientating
- disorientation
- muddle something up phrasal verb
- muddle-headed
- muddled
- mush
- muzzily
- topsy-turvy
- turmoil
- unaccountable
- unaccountably
- unexplainable
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puzzle
verb
uk
/ˈpʌz.əl/ us
/ˈpʌz.əl/C1 [ T ]
[ + question word ] It puzzles me why she said that.
Synonym
flummox informal
- The events of that night have been puzzling me for a long time.
- Experts were puzzled by the reports.
- What puzzles me is why he should have left without telling me.
- The games have cunning solutions, designed to keep you puzzling for just long enough to be satisfying.
- He had been puzzling for days about how to get into the files.
- addle
- baffle
- bedazzle
- befuddle
- bemuse
- blind
- discombobulate
- disorientate
- do someone's head in idiom
- flummox
- fox
- foxed
- loop
- perplex
- ravel
- search
- throw
- throw (someone) a curve (ball)/curveball idiom
- throw someone off balance idiom
- tie
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