| slovo | definícia |
puzzled
(mass) | puzzled
- zmätený |
puzzled
(encz) | puzzled,zmatený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
puzzled
(gcide) | puzzle \puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. puzzled (p[u^]z"z'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. puzzling (p[u^]z"zl[i^]ng).]
1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
to nonplus.
[1913 Webster]
A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous
in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his
own blunders. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make intricate; to entangle.
[1913 Webster]
They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate,
Puzzled in mazes, and perplexed with error.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
as, to puzzle out a mystery.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See
Embarrass.
[1913 Webster] |
puzzled
(wn) | puzzled
adj 1: filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"
[syn: at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed,
puzzled] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Puzzledom
(gcide) | Puzzledom \Puz"zle*dom\, n.
The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. --C. Kingsley.
[1913 Webster] |
|