puzzled
adjective
- confused
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/
adj
- Confused or perplexed.
“They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]”
“[W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of puzzle