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I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
Al Roker

Meaning of "puzzlement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUZZLEMENT

puzzlement  [ˈpʌzəlmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUZZLEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puzzlement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUZZLEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aporia

Aporia denotes in philosophy a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement and in rhetoric a rhetorically useful expression of doubt.

Definition of puzzlement in the English dictionary

The definition of puzzlement in the dictionary is the state or condition of being puzzled; perplexity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUZZLEMENT


accouplement
əˈkʌpəlmənt
bafflement
ˈbæfəlmənt
bamboozlement
bæmˈbuːzəlmənt
bedazzlement
bɪˈdæzəlmənt
befuddlement
bɪˈfʌdəlmənt
devilment
ˈdɛvəlmənt
disablement
dɪˈseɪb əlmənt
disembowelment
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəlmənt
disentanglement
ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡ əlmənt
dismantlement
dɪsˈmæntəlmənt
embezzlement
ɪmˈbɛz əlmənt
embrittlement
ɪmˈbrɪtəlmənt
enablement
ɪnˈeɪb əlmənt
entablement
ɪnˈteɪbəlmənt
entanglement
ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt
entitlement
ɪnˈtaɪt əlmənt
redoublement
ˌriːˈdʌbəlmənt
resettlement
riːˈsɛtəlmənt
settlement
ˈsɛtəlmənt
tremblement
ˈtrɛmbəlmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUZZLEMENT

puttylike
puttyroot
Putumayo
puture
putz
Puvis de Chavannes
puy
Puy de Sancy
puy lentil
puzzel
puzzle
puzzle book
puzzled
puzzledly
puzzledom
puzzleheaded
puzzler
puzzling
puzzlingly
puzzolana

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUZZLEMENT

advertisement
agreement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of puzzlement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUZZLEMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «puzzlement» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of puzzlement

Translation of «puzzlement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUZZLEMENT

Find out the translation of puzzlement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puzzlement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puzzlement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

困惑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcierto
570 millions of speakers

English

puzzlement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पहेली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Удивление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perplexidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিভ্রান্ত অবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perplexité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebimbangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verwirrung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

困惑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당황
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puzzlement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự khó nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

puzzlement
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşkınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perplessità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakłopotanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nedumerire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμηχανία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwarring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förvåning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puzzle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puzzlement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUZZLEMENT»

The term «puzzlement» is normally little used and occupies the 115.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUZZLEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puzzlement

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QUOTES WITH «PUZZLEMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puzzlement.
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Al Roker
I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUZZLEMENT»

Discover the use of puzzlement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puzzlement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crime and Puzzlement 3: Twenty-Four Solve-Them-Yourself ...
Drawings hold clues to the solution of a series of crimes the reader is invited to solve.
Lawrence Treat, 1988
2
Wittgenstein and Society: Essays in Conceptual Puzzlement
" "This book will appeal to philosophers of social science, sociologists and social and political theorists."--BOOK JACKET.
G. N. Kitching, 2003
3
Persuasions and Performances: The Play of Tropes in Culture
Edification. by. Puzzlement. By indirections find directions out! Polonius He gives me ideas even when I don't understand him. E. Leach On C. LJ&VI-STRAUSS Administered Intellectuality The colonial mentality is generally associated with a ...
James W. Fernandez, 1986
4
Along the Domestic-Foreign Frontier: Exploring Governance in ...
surprise over the turn of events in recent years, but their surprise has not turned to humility and puzzlement. Rather, collectively we seem to have picked up where we left off, as if on second thought the old formulas seem to fit, allowing us to ...
James N. Rosenau, 1997
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Crime and Puzzlement 5: On Martha's Vineyard, Mostly
Sam, of Martha Vineyard's All-Island Integrated Police Force, stars in twenty-four new picture mysteries, including "The Peek-a-Boo Girl," "Night of the Crabs," and "Incident at the Ferry." Original.
Lawrence Treat, 1993
6
Wittgenstein and Justice: On the Significance of Ludwig ...
It is time to return to the topic we have long postponed: the relationship between conceptual puzzlement and philosophy, and the nature of philosophy itself. Where we have spoken throughout of "conceptual" puzzlement, paradox, and insight, ...
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, 1985
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The Nature of Explanation
Puzzlement. It might be supposed that if A understands q then A must not be puzzled over anything. But this will not do as it stands, since A might understand q while being puzzled over q' (^q). Moreover, A might be puzzled over the very same ...
Peter Achinstein, 1985
8
Images of Science: Essays on Realism and Empiricism
And behind this intuition lies another one: the intuition that a real explanation should serve the pragmatic function of removing puzzlement, setting the curiosity of the inquirer at rest. It is because nonultimate scientific explanations do not serve ...
Bas C. Van Fraassen, Paul M. Churchland, Clifford A. Hooker, 1985
9
Self-knowledge and Resentment
That is, at bottom, the Strawsonian position, and I insist that it would be a tendentious characterization, in fact, just a plain mis-characterization, of this position to think that it 'bypasses' metaphysics in dealing with a metaphysical puzzlement.
Akeel Bilgrami, 2006
10
Someone and Somebody
Pain was in them, and Puzzlement. . . . After another very long time, Pain and Puzzlement grew uncertain. Says Pain to Puzzlement : "I thought this was where we belonged ; but I'm not so certain now I've come." Says Puzzlement to Pain: " The ...
Porter Emerson Browne, 1917

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUZZLEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puzzlement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: Tri-Valley Rep's 'King and I' a pleasant 'puzzlement'
It's a charming, funny show that never seems at all mean-spirited. As the King says several times in the show in his slightly broken English, "Is a puzzlement." ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
2
Broadway Skills in Opera: They're a Puzzlement
In late 2009, about a year after Bartlett Sher was named resident director of Lincoln Center Theater, he seemed to be the de facto resident director at the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Germany reacts to Greek referendum with anger, puzzlement and …
The responses came as Germans reacted with a mix of anger, puzzlement and solidarity to the Greek people's overwhelming no vote. Sigmar Gabriel ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Among area residents, relief and puzzlement
Peter and Alison Roithmayr do not qualify for a subsidy. He's happy for those who do. Peter and Alison Roithmayr do not qualify for a subsidy. He´s happy for ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
5
The Economy Remains a 'Puzzlement'
On Friday we learned that the U.S. economy surprised on the upside by adding 280,000 new jobs in May, and that 32,000 more jobs had been created in March ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
6
EconomyMemorial Day gas price adds to Fed's puzzlement
The minutes of the April meeting of the Federal Reserve's top rate setters revealed their puzzlement about why US consumers aren't taking all the money they ... «Financial Times, May 15»
7
Kids' Commute: The King and I - A Puzzlement
To celebrate, Kate Botello is walking us through five of her favorite parts of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show, on Kids' Commute. The King and I, is based on ... «Interlochen, May 15»
8
Ken Watanabe Is A Puzzlement In Stunning 'King And I' Revival …
We don't have an American troupe comparable to the U.K.'s National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company to officially carry the dual burden of fostering ... «Deadline, Apr 15»
9
Evesham mayor's actions cause puzzlement, debate
It would feature a debate over ethics, and puzzlement over a pair of strange tribal figurines that partly blocked Brown's face as he sat on the dais. "It's just weird. «Philly.com, Mar 15»
10
Puzzlement Over Killing of 3 Girls in Delhi
NEW DELHI — In the afternoon confusion of South Delhi, it seems, nobody took notice of the wraithlike woman struggling uphill to the place local people call ... «New York Times, Mar 15»

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