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Synonyms & Antonyms of puzzling
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
as in mysterious, incomprehensible
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for puzzling
- hieroglyphic
- (also hieroglyphical),
- incomprehensible,
- indecipherable,
- indiscernible,
- inexplicable,
- mysterious,
- obfuscatory
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for puzzling
2
as in shocking, baffling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for puzzling
- bizarre,
- curious,
- eerie
- (also eery),
- far-out,
- funny,
- grotesque,
- kinky,
- outlandish,
- out-of-the-way,
- outrageous,
- outré,
- peculiar,
- quaint,
- queer,
- queerish,
- quirky,
- remarkable,
- screwy,
- strange,
- wacky
- (also whacky),
- way-out,
- weird,
- wild
- aberrant,
- atypical,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- flaky,
- freak,
- freakish,
- idiosyncratic,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- prodigious,
- rare,
- singular,
- uncommon,
- unique,
- unnatural,
- unusual,
- unwonted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for puzzling
puzzling
verbpresent participle of puzzle
Synonyms & Antonyms of puzzling (Entry 2 of 2)
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
- it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors
Synonyms for puzzling
Words Related to puzzling
- abashing,
- discomfiting,
- disconcerting,
- discountenancing,
- embarrassing,
- fazing,
- flustering,
- mortifying,
- nonplussing
- (also nonplusing),
- rattling
Phrases Synonymous with puzzling
Near Antonyms for puzzling
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The first known use of puzzling was circa 1659
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