puzzled — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Confused or perplexed.

   Synonyms

   stuck

   Examples

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   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, […]

   [W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.

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   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.

   They could not, it was said, keep Scandinavian bogies and the Scriptures separate in their puzzled brains.

Adjective

1. filled with bewilderment

   Synonyms

   at a lossnonplusednonplussed

   Examples

   at a loss to understand those remarks

   puzzled that she left without saying goodbye