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puzzled

adjective

  1. confused
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌ.zl̩d/

adj

  1. 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

  1. simple past and past participle of puzzle