- puzzlement
- noun Date: 1822 1. the state of being puzzled ; perplexity 2. puzzle
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
puzzlement
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Puzzlement — Puz zle*ment, n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puzzlement — index ambiguity, cloud (suspicion), confusion (ambiguity), dilemma, quandary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
puzzlement — 1822, from PUZZLE (Cf. puzzle) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
puzzlement — [[t]pʌ̱z(ə)lmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Puzzlement is the confusion that you feel when you do not understand something. He frowned in puzzlement. Syn: bafflement … English dictionary
puzzlement — puz|zle|ment [ pʌzlmənt ] noun uncount a feeling of being confused because you cannot understand something: She was frowning in puzzlement … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
puzzlement — UK [ˈpʌz(ə)lmənt] / US noun [uncountable] a feeling of being confused because you cannot understand something She was frowning in puzzlement … English dictionary
puzzlement — puzzle ► VERB 1) confuse because difficult to understand. 2) think hard about something difficult to understand. ► NOUN 1) a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge. 2) a person or thing that is difficult to understand.… … English terms dictionary
puzzlement — /puz euhl meuhnt/, n. 1. the state of being puzzled; perplexity. 2. something puzzling. [1815 25; PUZZLE + MENT] * * * … Universalium
puzzlement — noun a) The confusing state of being puzzled; bewilderment b) A puzzle … Wiktionary
puzzlement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A stunned or bewildered condition: befuddle ment, bewilderedness, bewilderment, daze, dis combobulation, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, stupefaction, stupor, trance. See AWARENESS … English dictionary for students
