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puzzled
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
puzzled
(adjective)
puzzle
(verb)
puzzled
/
ˈ
pʌzəld/
adjective
puzzled
/
ˈ
pʌzəld/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of PUZZLED
[
more puzzled; most puzzled
]
:
feeling or showing confusion because something is difficult to understand
Investigators are
puzzled
about the cause of the accident.
He had a very
puzzled
[=
confused
] look on his face.
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