The problem puzzled the public.
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Puzzled
//ˈpʌ.zl̩d//
Synonyms for "puzzled" (104 found)
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Related words (52)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Prep_phrase(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- perplex adj (confused or perplexed)
Dutch
2 entries- verbijsterd adj (confused or perplexed)
- verward adj (confused or perplexed)
Esperanto
1 entries- konfuzita adj (confused or perplexed)
Finnish
2 entries- hämmentynyt adj (confused or perplexed)
- ymmällään adj (confused or perplexed)
French
1 entries- perplexe adj (confused or perplexed)
German
3 entries- perplex adj (confused or perplexed)
- verblüfft adj (confused or perplexed)
- verdutzt adj (confused or perplexed)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְבוּלְבָּל adj (confused or perplexed)
Hungarian
2 entries- tanácstalan adj (confused or perplexed)
- zavart adj (confused or perplexed)
Italian
1 entries- perplesso adj (confused or perplexed)
Macedonian
1 entries- збу́нет adj (confused or perplexed)
Māori
3 entries- pōrahu adj (confused or perplexed)
- pōrahurahu adj (confused or perplexed)
- raumahara adj (confused or perplexed)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شاشقین adj (confused or perplexed)
Portuguese
1 entries- perplexo adj (confused or perplexed)
Russian
1 entries- озада́ченный adj (confused or perplexed)
Spanish
3 entries- confundido adj (confused or perplexed)
- desconcertado adj (confused or perplexed)
- perplejo adj (confused or perplexed)
Swedish
2 entries- förbryllad adj (confused or perplexed)
- villrådig adj (confused or perplexed)
Tày
1 entries- bá bảy adj (confused or perplexed)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
What puzzled us was that he said he would not attend the meeting.
Source: tatoeba (249522)
I puzzled over the difficult math problem.
Source: tatoeba (254522)
I felt rather puzzled.
Source: tatoeba (256777)
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