PUZZLED
ADJECTIVES
► DUMBFOOZLED puzzled, confounded → 1825
► AT AN AMPLISH at a loss → Bk1997 Irish sl.
► BADWADDLED puzzled → 1902 Eng. dial.
► BAMBAZED puzzled, confused → 1849 Sc.
► BOGFOUNDERED perplexed, bewildered, puzzled → 1896 Eng. dial.
► CABOBBLED confused, puzzled, perplexed, mystified → Bk1823 Eng. dial. & nautical sl.
► FAST puzzled, perplexed; hard up; at a loss, at a standstill → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MAFFLED puzzled, confused, bewildered → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MAFFLY puzzled, confused, bewildered → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MIZ-MAZED bewildered, puzzled; stunned → 1885 Eng. dial.
► MIZ-MAZEY puzzled, confused → 1893 Eng. dial.
► MIZZY-MAZEY puzzled, confused → 1893 Eng. dial.
► PALLED puzzled → 1885 Sc.
► PAMPERED puzzled → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TARRADIDDLED imposed upon, as by lies; puzzled; bewildered → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WHAPED bewildered, dismayed, perplexed, puzzled → c1374 obs.
NOUNS
► DUMP a fit of abstraction or musing; a reverie; a dazed or puzzled state; perplexity, amazement; absence of mind → 1523 obs.
► PUZZLEATION puzzled condition → 1767 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PUZZLEWIT a person who is puzzled; a stupid or silly person → 1946
PHRASES
► HE DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER HE’S AFOOT OR AHOSSBACK he is very puzzled or is in a quandary, or doesn’t have any common sense → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BE IN MOMBLE’S MEADOW to be in a difficulty; to be puzzled, bewildered → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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