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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1. 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.

2. Jim Wayne:

   It's an enormous building, so, I'm just, I'm totally bewildered by this. This is completely puzzling why we haven't found out anything.

3. Konnilyn G. Feig:

   Man is deeply vulnerable when faced with overwhelming evil. Instead of consolidating his energy to fight it, he wastes valuable time and effort puzzling over it, insisting it is not, cannot possibly be, what it seems.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   The issue with hospitalization is a little bit more puzzling, because although the hospitalizations are going up, it is very clear their use of ICU beds has not increased, so are the numbers of hospitalizations a real reflection of Covid cases, or is there a difficulty deciphering between people coming into the hospital with Covid or because of Covid ?

5. Julian Barbiere:

   The discovery suggests that there are, in fact, many more large reefs out in our ocean at depths of more than 30 meters, which have not been mapped, it's quite a puzzling finding.