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adjective
- 1. causing one to be puzzled; perplexing: "only one very puzzling question remains unanswered"
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puzzling. adjective. uk / ˈpʌz. ə l.ɪŋ / us / ˈpʌz. ə l.ɪŋ / Add to word list. difficult to explain or understand: It's a rather puzzling film. a puzzling situation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. it's all Greek to me idiom. labyrinthine.
The meaning of PUZZLING is difficult to understand or solve. How to use puzzling in a sentence.
Puzzling definition: confusing or baffling. See examples of PUZZLING used in a sentence.
Something that's puzzling is confusing, or hard to understand. It might seem puzzling to you that your best friend claims to hate doughnuts. People sometimes act in puzzling ways, making decisions that you can't comprehend.
n. 1. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling. 2. Something that baffles or confuses; an enigma: the puzzle of the author's true identity. 3. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment: I'm really in a puzzle over how this happened. v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles.
PUZZLING definition: confusing or baffling | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
Definition of puzzling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
