puzzle

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

puz·zle (pŭzʹəl)v. puz·zled, puz·zling, puz·zlesv. tr.
1. To baffle or confuse mentally by presenting or being a difficult problem or matter.
2. To clarify or solve (something confusing) by reasoning or study:
He puzzled out the significance of the statement.v. intr.
1. To be perplexed.
2. To ponder over a problem in an effort to solve or understand it.n.
1. Something, such as a game, toy, or problem, that requires ingenuity and often persistence in solving or assembling.
2. Something that baffles or confuses.
3. The condition of being perplexed; bewilderment. [Origin unknown.] puzʹzler n. 
Synonyms: puzzle, perplex, mystify, bewilder, confound
These verbs mean to cause bafflement or confusion. Puzzle suggests difficulty in solving or interpreting something: “The poor creature puzzled me once... by a question merely natural and innocent” (Daniel Defoe). Perplex stresses uncertainty or anxiety, as over reaching an understanding or finding a solution: a dilemma that perplexed the committee. Mystify implies defying comprehension by obscuring facts: symbolism that mystifies me. Bewilder emphasizes extreme mental confusion: “The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered” (Logan Pearsall Smith). To confound is to confuse and astonish: God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise (I Corinthians 1:27).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  puzzler, mystifier, teaser, perplex, vex, stick, get, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder