puzzled

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

Adjective

puzzled

1. Confused or perplexed.
   • 1848, , Vanity Fair ↗, Bradbury and Sons, 11:

     (...) when the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.

   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1

     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.

Translations

• French: perplexe
• German: verblüfft, verdutzt, perplex
• Italian: perplesso
• Portuguese: perplexo
• Russian: озада́ченный
• Spanish: confundido, perplejo, desconcertado

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of puzzle

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