Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puzzling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puzzle \Puz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Puzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puzzling}.]
1. To perplex; to confuse; to embarrass; to put to a stand;
to nonplus.
A very shrewd disputant in those points is dexterous
in puzzling others. --Dr. H. More.
He is perpetually puzzled and perplexed amidst his
own blunders. --Addison.
2. To make intricate; to entangle.
They disentangle from the puzzled skein. --Cowper.
The ways of Heaven are dark and intricate, Puzzled
in mazes, and perplexed with error. --Addison.
3. To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out;
as, to puzzle out a mystery.
Syn: To embarrass; perplex; confuse; bewilder; confound. See
{Embarrass}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
puzzling
adj 1: 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" [syn: {enigmatic}, {enigmatical}]
2: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity;
"sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone
who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement" [syn: {confusing},
{perplexing}]
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