Overview of verb puzzle

The verb puzzle has 2 senses

• perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me")


• puzzle -- (be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure")

Overview of adj puzzled

The adj puzzled has 1 sense

• at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled -- (filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye")