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puzzling
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
puzzling
(adjective)
puzzle
(verb)
puzzling
/
ˈ
pʌzəlɪŋ/
adjective
puzzling
/
ˈ
pʌzəlɪŋ/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of PUZZLING
[
more puzzling; most puzzling
]
:
causing or likely to cause confusion
:
difficult to solve or understand
puzzling
questions
a
puzzling
metaphor/statement/event
The directions are somewhat
puzzling
.
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