Word Meanings - PUZZLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PUZZLE)

• Bewilder
• Daze
• dazzle
• confound
• mystify
• puzzle
• embarrass
• astonish
• perplex
• confuse
• mislead
• Embarrass
• Entangle
• misconcert
• trouble
• contuse
• hamper
• clog
• distress
• encumber
• Mystery
• Enigma
• obscurity
• secrecy
• veil
• shroud
• arcanum
• Mystify
• Confuse
• bamboozle
• hoodwink
• obfuscate
• Perplex
• entangle
• involve
• complicate
• bewilder
• harass

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PUZZLE)

• Soothe
• compose
• please
• gratify
• gladden
• console
• elate
• comfort
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• soothe
• delight
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to PUZZLE)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• ASTONISH
  étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• INVOLVEDNESS
  The state of being involved.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• HARASS
  To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• ASTONISHING
  Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
• COMFORTABLY
  In a comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
• DAZZLEMENT
  Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.
• CONTUSE
  to beat, akin to Skr. tud to strike, Goth. stautan. See 1. To beat, pound, or together. Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. Bacon. 2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• MANDELATE
  A salt of mandelic acid.
• UNPERPLEX
  To free from perplexity. Donne.
• BEDAZZLE
  To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• SPHACELATE
  To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.