puzzling
adjective
[ ˈpʌz(ə)lɪŋ ]
• causing one to be puzzled; perplexing.
• "only one very puzzling question remains unanswered"
puzzle
verb
• cause (someone) to feel confused because they cannot understand something.
• "she was puzzled by the doctor's manner"
Similar:
perplex,
confuse,
bewilder,
bemuse,
baffle,
mystify,
confound,
nonplus,
throw,
set someone thinking,
flummox,
discombobulate,
faze,
stump,
beat,
fog,
wilder,
gravel,
maze,
pose,
obfuscate,
perplexed,
confused,
bewildered,
bemused,
baffled,
mystified,
confounded,
nonplussed,
at a loss,
at sea,
flummoxed,
discombobulated,
stumped,
fazed,
clueless,
without a clue,
bushed,
wildered,
gravelled,
mazed,
difficult/hard to understand,
baffling,
perplexing,
mystifying,
bewildering,
confusing,
complicated,
unclear,
beyond one,
above one's head,
mysterious,
enigmatic,
ambiguous,
paradoxical,
obscure,
abstruse,
unfathomable,
inexplicable,
incomprehensible,
impenetrable,
cryptic,
oracular,
wildering,
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin.
