puzzled

Definition of Puzzled in English :

filled with bewilderment

Example Sentences:
'at a loss to understand those remarks'
'puzzled that she left without saying goodbye'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Puzzled

adjective

(of a person) confused or bewildered

Norman looked puzzled.

He looked at his wife with a puzzled expression.

A puzzled look came across his face.

He gave a puzzled frown.

You look puzzled!

Critics are puzzled by the election results.

I was puzzled about one thing.

I'm puzzled as to why he decided not to come.

He was puzzled as to why he had got such a strange result.

n.

1. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.

2. Something that baffles or confuses; an enigma: the puzzle of the author's true identity.

3. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment: I'm really in a puzzle over how this happened.

v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zles

v.tr.

1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter. See Synonyms at perplex.

2. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study: He puzzled out the significance of the statement.

v.intr.

1. To be perplexed.

2. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.