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Definitions for puzzling
puz·zling
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Princeton's WordNet
enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzlingadjective
not clear to the understanding
"I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"
confusing, perplexing, puzzlingadjective
lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
"sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
Wiktionary
puzzlingnoun
Time spent pondering something confusing.
puzzlingadjective
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing
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puzzling
Puzzling refers to something that is difficult to understand, explain, or interpret because it is complex, unclear, mysterious or ambiguous. It can also refer to the act or process of solving puzzles or problems.
Webster Dictionary
Puzzling
of Puzzle
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of puzzling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of puzzling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of puzzling in a Sentence
It's an enormous building, so, I'm just, I'm totally bewildered by this. This is completely puzzling why we haven't found out anything.
The diversification we're seeing in North Korea is puzzling considering the constrained resources in the country, what we see is really more than 10, around 15, potential nuclear delivery systems under development. It's really remarkable.
It's puzzling that they don't ask some basic questions about quality, they pay, but they don't know what they're paying for.
How can a judge establish an offence for acts which have no definition? This is what is puzzling me, if you can give me an example, this is better than any other legal discussion.
Imagine a world without Darwin. Imagine a world in which Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace had not transformed our understanding of living things. What... would become baffling and puzzling..., in urgent need of explanation? The answer is: practically everything about living things....
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Translations for puzzling
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- rätselhaft, verwirrendGerman
- misteriosoSpanish
- pōkīkīMāori
- raadselachtigDutch
- confuso, desconcertante, intrigantePortuguese
- zbùnjujūći, zàmršen, nerazùmljivSerbo-Croatian
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