puzzle

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
2. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
3. A crossword puzzle.
4. A jigsaw puzzle.
5. A riddle.
6. (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
7. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.
2. (intransitive) To think long and carefully in bewilderment.
3. (transitive) To make intricate or difficult to resolve; to entangle.

Concetti

enigma

rompicapo

puzzle

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rebus

indovinello

problema

confondere

mistero

sconcertare

rendere perplesso

imbarazzare

sfasare

riflettere

rimescolare

disorientare

enimma

meditare

agitare

sinonimi

riddle

enigma

perplex

confuse

problem

bewilder

mystery

confound

conundrum

baffle

mystify

dumbfound

trouble

embarrass

perplexity

question

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jigsaw puzzle

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stupefy

startle

stun

poser

stagger

nonplus

amaze

disconcert

puzzler

bewilderment

stick

quandary

quiz

pose

astound

dismay

vex

mislead

take aback

jigsaw

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alarm

teaser

get

appal

bemuse

secret

㊙️

query

beat

entangle

complicate

mystifier

distress

abash

Traduzioni

Rätsel

raadsel

énigme

puzzle

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rompecabezas

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enigma

puzzel

devinette

Puzzle

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casse-tête

mystère

enigma

verbijsteren

Geduldspiel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpʌzəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predate the noun “state of being perplexed” (circa 1600), “perplexing question” (1650s), “toy” (1814).