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1 puzzling
• ongelmallinen• omituinen• hämärä• hämmentävä• enigmaattinen• arvoituksellinen• arvoituksellisuus• pulmallinen• monimutkainen• mystinen• salamyhkäinen• salaperäinen• selittämätön• kryptinen• käsittämätön* * *adjective (difficult to understand: a puzzling remark.) arvoituksellinen -
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• arvoituksellinen• kaksiselitteinen• mystinen• mysteerinen* * *adjective (puzzling; mysterious: an enigmatic smile.) arvoituksellinen -
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• ongelma• palapeli• hämmästellä• hölmistyttää• ihmetyttää• hämäännyttää• tuottaa päänvaivaa• sokkelo• arvoitus• vaivata päätänsä• pulma• pulmallinen asia• päänvaiva• haitata• saattaa ymmälle• sotkea* * *1. verb1) (to perplex, baffle or bewilder: The question puzzled them; What puzzles me is how he got here so soon.) hämmentää2) (to think long and carefully about a problem etc: I puzzled over the sum for hours.) pohtia2. noun1) (a problem that causes a lot of thought: Her behaviour was a puzzle to him.) pulma2) (a kind of game or toy to test one's thinking, knowledge or skill: a jig-saw puzzle; a crossword puzzle.) palapeli, ristisanatehtävä•- puzzling- puzzle out
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puzzling — index debatable, difficult, elusive, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, hidden, inapprehensible, incomprehe … Law dictionary
puzzling — [adj] confusing abstruse, ambiguous, baffling, bewildering, beyond one, difficult, enigmatic, hard, incomprehensible, inexplicable, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, misleading, mystifying, obscure, perplexing, surprising, unaccountable, unclear,… … New thesaurus
puzzling — adj. 1) puzzling to (her behavior was puzzling to everybody) 2) puzzling that + inf. (it was puzzling that he went straight home) * * * [ pʌzlɪŋ] puzzling to (her behavior was puzzling to everybody) puzzling that + inf. (it was puzzling that he… … Combinatory dictionary
puzzling — puzzle puz zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {puzzled} (p[u^]z z ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {puzzling} (p[u^]z zl[i^]ng).] 1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand; to nonplus. [1913 Webster] A very shrewd disputant in those points is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puzzling — puz|zling [ˈpʌzlıŋ] adj confusing and difficult to understand or explain ▪ a puzzling fact ▪ Gary found her reaction puzzling … Dictionary of contemporary English
puzzling — adjective Date: circa 1659 difficult to understand or solve < puzzling symptoms > • puzzlingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
puzzling — puzzlingly, adv. /puz ling/, adj. 1. confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer. n. 2. the skill or pastime of constructing or working crossword or other puzzles. [1590 1600; PUZZLE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
puzzling — adj. Puzzling is used with these nouns: ↑aspect … Collocations dictionary
puzzling — puz|zling [ pʌzlıŋ ] adjective confusing or difficult to understand or solve: That was the most puzzling aspect of the whole affair … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
puzzling — adjective confusing and difficult to understand or explain: The children showed a puzzling lack of curiosity about the new baby … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
puzzling — adjective confusing and difficult to understand or explain: The children showed a puzzling lack of curiosity about the new baby … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
