puzzle की परिभाषा

शब्द आवृत्ति

puzzle

(pʌzəl )

शब्द प्रारूप:plural, 3rd person singular present tense puzzles , present participle puzzling, past tense, past participle puzzled

1. क्रिया

If something puzzles you, you do not understand it and feel confused.

My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety. [VERB noun]

puzzling विशेषण

His letter poses a number of puzzling questions.

समानार्थी शब्द:perplexing, baffling, bewildering, hard puzzle के अधिक समानार्थी

2. क्रिया

If you puzzle over something, you try hard to think of the answer to it or the explanation for it.

I stayed up nights, puzzling over epic Old English poems in a fog of incomprehension. [VERB + about]

3. गणनीय संज्ञा

A puzzle is a question, game, or toy which you have to think about carefully in order to answer it correctly or put it together properly.

...a word puzzle.

समानार्थी शब्द:problem, riddle, maze, labyrinth puzzle के अधिक समानार्थी

4. See also crossword

5. एकवचन संज्ञा

You can describe a person or thing that is hard to understand as a puzzle.

Data from Voyager II has presented astronomers with a puzzle about why our outermost planet exists.

She was a puzzle.

वाक्यांशयुक्त क्रिया:

puzzle out

puzzle के अधिक समानार्थी

Video: pronunciation of 'puzzle'

शब्द आवृत्ति

puzzle in American

(ˈpʌzəl ; puzˈəl)

सकर्मक क्रियाशब्द प्रारूप:ˈpuzzled or ˈpuzzling

to perplex; confuse; bewilder; nonplus

अकर्मक क्रिया

to be perplexed, etc.

to exercise one's mind, as over the solution of a problem

संज्ञा

the state of being puzzled; bewilderment

a question, problem, etc. that puzzles

a toy or problem for testing cleverness, skill, or ingenuity

SIMILAR WORDS: ˈmystery

मुहावरे:

puzzle out

puzzle over

SYNONYMY NOTE: puzzle implies such a baffling quality or such intricacy, as of a problem, situation, etc., that one has great difficulty in understanding or solving it; , perplex, in addition, implies uncertainty or even worry as to what to think, say, or do; , confuse implies a mixing up mentally to a greater or lesser degree; , confound implies such confusion as completely frustrates or greatly astonishes one; , bewilder implies such utter confusion that the mind is staggered beyond the ability to think clearly; to , nonplus is to cause such perplexity or confusion that one is utterly incapable of speaking, acting, or thinking further; , dumbfound specifically implies as its effect a nonplused or confounded state in which one is momentarily struck speechless

व्युत्पन्न प्रारुप

puzzlement (ˈpuzzlement)

संज्ञा

puzzler (ˈpuzzler)

संज्ञा

puzzle के शब्द मूल

ME *poselen (inferred < pp. poselet), to bewilder, confuse < ?

शब्द आवृत्ति

puzzle in British

(ˈpʌzəl )

क्रिया

to perplex or be perplexed

2. (intransitive; foll by over)

to attempt the solution (of); ponder (about)

he puzzled over her absence

3. (transitive; usually foll by out)

to solve by mental effort

I puzzled out the meaning of the inscription

संज्ञा

a person or thing that puzzles

a problem that cannot be easily or readily solved

the state or condition of being puzzled

a toy, game, or question presenting a problem that requires skill or ingenuity for its solution

jigsaw puzzle, Chinese puzzle

व्युत्पन्न प्रारुप

puzzling (ˈpuzzling)

विशेषण

puzzle के शब्द मूल

C16: of unknown origin

puzzle युक्त उदाहरण वाक्य

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