puzzled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/
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Meanings
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Confused or perplexed.
They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]
1785, William Cowper, “Book III. The Garden.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 98:[W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XI, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains.
1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 17:Once or twice he scratched his head, and stared out of the window with a puzzled frown. And each time, after a brief survey of the other side of Half Moon Street, he turned back again to the breakfast table with a grin.
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more puzzled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most puzzled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (27)
ca perplex (confused or perplexed) · es perplejo (confused or perplexed) · hu tanácstalan (confused or perplexed) · hu zavart (confused or perplexed) · tyz bá bảy (confused or perplexed) · mi pōrahurahu (confused or perplexed) · mk збу́нет (confused or perplexed) · fi ymmällään (confused or perplexed) · de verdutzt (confused or perplexed) · es desconcertado (confused or perplexed) · ru озада́ченный (confused or perplexed) · mi pōrahu (confused or perplexed) · nl verward (confused or perplexed) · he מְבוּלְבָּל (confused or perplexed) · de verblüfft (confused or perplexed) · it perplesso (confused or perplexed) · fi hämmentynyt (confused or perplexed) · ota شاشقین (confused or perplexed) · de perplex (confused or perplexed) · nl verbijsterd (confused or perplexed) · es confundido (confused or perplexed) · eo konfuzita (confused or perplexed) · sv förbryllad (confused or perplexed) · sv villrådig (confused or perplexed) · fr perplexe (confused or perplexed) · pt perplexo (confused or perplexed) · mi raumahara (confused or perplexed)