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puzzled
adjective as in confused
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The attitude of the local colleagues at first puzzled us, and then made us snicker in a superior way.
Subterranean explorers puzzled over the mysterious red door that cut off access to underground tunnels leading to the bunker.
Many jazz fans were puzzled by this finding, which seems incompatible with the lackluster sales figures in the genre.
That question has puzzled astronomers for decades, but a new study published just last week may have the answer.
He began to read, raising his eyebrows with a puzzled, whimsical air, which made me tremble with suppressed anger.
The conflict in Tom's puzzled heart sharpened that evening into dreadful edges that cut him mercilessly whichever way he turned.
Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.
He has become by brute force of circumstances a sort of collectivist, puzzled only as to how much of a collectivist to be.
The doctor, a little puzzled, took his leave, but had not gone ten yards when the housekeeper flew screaming after him.
He walked briskly down the avenue, and Hedges stood looking after him, slightly puzzled in his mind.
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On this page you'll find 63 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puzzled, such as: baffled, bewildered, clueless, doubtful, mystified, and perplexed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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