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puzzle, v.
(puzzled, puzzles, puzzling)
freq. cnt. 6
more info be a mystery or bewildering to
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

amaze baffle beat bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex pose puzzle stick stupefy vex

sample sentences

"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don't know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

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Something ----s somebody

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Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
puzzlement puzzler puzzle
also see
puzzle over puzzle out
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derivationally related form
bewilderment
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derivationally related form
mystification mystification mystery mystifier
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derivationally related form
bafflement
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derivationally related form
poser
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derivationally related form
stupefaction
semantic pointers
hyponym
stump, mix up riddle escape, elude
hypernym
confuse, confound, befuddle, throw, fox, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate
more info be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
<verb.emotion>

puzzle

sample sentences

"We puzzled over her sudden departure"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
puzzlement puzzle
semantic pointers
hypernym
reflect, muse, ponder, meditate, think over, chew over, contemplate, mull, speculate, excogitate, mull over, ruminate