PUZZLEMENTS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word puzzlements. (close relations)
puzzle
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| bewilderment | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||
| challenge | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a demanding or stimulating situation • a call to engage in a contest or fight • questioning a statement and demanding an explanation • a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror • a demand by a sentry for a password or identification verb • take exception to • issue a challenge to • ask for identification • raise a formal objection in a court of law | ||||||
| confusion | nounn | |||||
noun • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||
| conundrum | nounn | |||||
noun • a difficult problem | ||||||
| dilemma | nounn | |||||
noun • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||
| enigma | nounn | |||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a difficult problem | ||||||
| mystery | nounn | |||||
noun • something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained • a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie | ||||||
| perplexity | nounn | |||||
noun • trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | ||||||
| problem | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved • a question raised for consideration or solution • a source of difficulty | ||||||
| quandary | nounn | |||||
noun • a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one • state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options | ||||||
| riddle | nounn | |||||
noun • a difficult problem • a coarse sieve (as for gravel) verb • pierce with many holes • set a difficult problem or riddle • separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff • spread or diffuse through • speak in riddles • explain a riddle | ||||||
| bafflement | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||
| befuddlement | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||
| bemusement | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||
| mystification | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • something designed to mystify or bewilder • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | ||||||
| obfuscation | nounn | |||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered • darkening or obscuring the sight of something | ||||||
