graveled

verb

variants or gravelled
past tense of gravel
as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples

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Recent Examples of graveled City streets saw no significant improvement until the 1850s, when many routes were graveled. — Libby Cierzniak, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graveled
  1. puzzled
  2. bewildered
  3. baffled
  4. confused
  5. perplexed
  6. muddied
Verb
  • The existence of supermassive black holes before the universe was even 1 billion years old is something that has puzzled astronomers since the JWST started spotting them in 2022.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • All day on Sunday, there seemed to be a back-and-forth of praise from the right, and puzzled outrage on the left.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of puzzled
Verb
  • Many Eagles players were concerned and bewildered by the development.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Latif is conflicted by his double life, bewildered by his doubling of parental responsibilities, constantly trying to think two moves ahead yet always ending up three steps behind.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of bewildered
Verb
  • However, having gone through this first season, many are now baffled as to how the algorithm works.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But, about eight days before the election, when Acker heard that Stevens was thinking about switching her endorsement from El-Sayed to the Republican Senate candidate, Mike Rogers, he was baffled.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of baffled
Verb
  • The possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe should not be confused with evidence that extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth, Kirkpatrick said.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Saturday’s opener started with a couple taking an amusement park ride, only to be confused by Pumpkins’ appearance in what was supposed to be a scary attraction.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of confused
Verb
  • At Telluride, Fielder, who had initially planned to stay behind the scenes, admitted he was still perplexed by the couple’s openness.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • They were perplexed at first, flummoxed, but pleasant, and unfortunately for them, already long gone from the airport.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of perplexed
Verb
  • The running back room in Denver was muddied last week with the return of fourth-round rookie Jonah Coleman.
    — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Last-minute injury scratches to A’ja Wilson, USA’s leading scorer at the last three major tournaments, and Kelsey Plum muddied things even more.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of muddied

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“Graveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveled. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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