Synonyms for puzzling
puz·zling

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1. enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzlingadjective

   not clear to the understanding

   "I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later"; "prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries"

   Synonyms:
   enigmatic, confusing, enigmatical, perplexing, oracular

   Antonyms:
   comprehensible, clear, comprehendible

2. confusing, perplexing, puzzlingadjective

   lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

   "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

   Synonyms:
   confusing, enigmatical, perplexing, enigmatic

   Antonyms:
   clear, comprehensible, comprehendible

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1. mysteriousadjective

   difficult of impossible to understand.

   the crime was a mystery

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. puzzlingadjective

   Synonyms:
   enigmatical, perplexing, inexplicable, inscrutable, intricate, bewildering

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1. List of paraphrases for "puzzling":

   disconcerting, perplexing, intriguing, baffling, incomprehensible, confusing, curious, surprising, inexplicable

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How to use puzzling in a sentence?

1. George Will:

   Fox News Sunday was puzzling doubly so because House Speaker Paul Ryan still did n’t endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, after Trump went after the Mexican judge from northern Indiana, then House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed him and I decided that, in fact, that this is not my party anymore. I changed my registration to unaffiliated 23 days ago.

2. Nelson Smith:

   One thing puzzling is that some lenders are looking at the original charter documents or they may be looking at newspaper articles but not at the summative reports that actually address performance, for the lenders, the most obvious risk is making an investment in a school that doesn't last very long.

3. Brad Adams:

   Rather than confronting the inherent cruelty of capital punishment, Pakistani officials are puzzling over how to hang a man in a wheelchair, the government should urgently commute Abdul Basit's sentence.

4. Massimo Della Valle:

   If we imagine the history of the chemical evolution of the Milky Way as a big jigsaw, then lithium from novae was one of the most important and puzzling missing pieces.

5. Charles Fraser:

   It's puzzling that they don't ask some basic questions about quality, they pay, but they don't know what they're paying for.