different between puzzled vs confuzzle
puzzled
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?.zl?d/
Adjective
puzzled (comparative more puzzled, superlative most puzzled)
- Confused or perplexed.
- 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Sons, 11:
- (...) when the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
- Once or twice he scratched his head, and stared out of the window with a puzzled frown. And each time, after a brief survey of the other side of Half Moon Street, he turned back again to the breakfast table with a grin.
- 1848, w:William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Bradbury and Sons, 11:
Derived terms
- puzzledly
- puzzledness
Translations
Verb
puzzled
- simple past tense and past participle of puzzle
puzzled From the web:
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confuzzle
English
Etymology
Blend of confuse +? puzzle.
Pronunciation
Noun
confuzzle (plural confuzzles)
- (slang, childish) A state of confusion or puzzlement.
- 1997 May 1, Glenn Hushyn, “Almost done with the semester”, alt.shoe.lesbians, Usenet
- I was all in a confuzzle last night after the Ellen show, and my mind was going too fast for my typing skills.
- 2000 July 6, “Lula” a.k.a “Josie” a.k.a. “Archer-bull”, “Re: FMily [sic.] Take Note was Re: Numbness & pain”, alt.med.fibromyalgia, Usenet
- Always glad to clear up confuzzles since too often I only add to them. ;)
- 2001 November 20, Remus Shepherd, “Re: um... hello? <nervous-wriggle>”, alt.devilbunnies, Usenet
- The confuzzle is strong with this one.
- 2001 December 17, Vince M. “VinceH” Hudd, from softrock.co.uk, “Re: Blueyonder newserver”, comp.sys.acorn.misc, Usenet
- Now, I find if there are any posts to send, it seems to get in a confuzzle and never reaches the point of fetching.
- 1997 May 1, Glenn Hushyn, “Almost done with the semester”, alt.shoe.lesbians, Usenet
Verb
confuzzle (third-person singular simple present confuzzles, present participle confuzzling, simple past and past participle confuzzled)
- (transitive, slang, childish) To confuse or puzzle.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:confuzzle.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:confuse.
Derived terms
- confuzzled
- confuzzlement
- confuzzling
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