Synonyms for puzzled
puz·zled

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1. at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzledadjective

   filled with bewilderment

   "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

   Antonyms:
   unperplexed

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. bumfuzzle

   puzzled means confused, and confused is the definition of bumfuzzle

   ray was puzzled on the test. ray was bumfuzzled on the test.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "puzzled":

   intrigued, perplexed, bewildered, confused, stumped, surprised, disconcerted, baffled

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1. Dick Pound:

   I must say I'm really puzzled by that assessment of it, basically, lots of people around the world were looking to see what happened to Peng Shuai and nobody was able to establish contact.

2. Alexandra Kartokhina:

   As for these eternal squabbles that students from Crimea are taking university places from Russians, I can say only that it's completely absurd, and let me say that they have only allocated budgeted places for Crimean students to some universities and in some specialisms, which are often not the best. In some universities, questions about quotas are met with a shrug and a puzzled look.

3. Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell:

   The victim looked at him puzzled with the other friends of his and said 'no,' it was then that [the suspect] stabbed the victim in his chest.

4. Han Park:

   His predecessor in the same position died in a car accident, i'm puzzled. I'm extremely puzzled.

5. John Feit:

   This whole thing makes no sense to me because the crime in question took place in 1960, i'm totally puzzled why something is coming up now, after the fact.