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I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.
Bonnie Jo Campbell

Meaning of "puzzling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUZZLING

puzzling  [ˈpʌzəlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUZZLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puzzling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUZZLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of puzzling in the English dictionary

The definition of puzzling in the dictionary is difficult to explain or understand. Other definition of puzzling is presenting a problem that requires skill or ingenuity for its solution.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUZZLING


bustling
ˈbʌsəlɪŋ
counselling
ˈkaʊnsəlɪŋ
cycling
ˈsaɪk əlɪŋ
dieseling
ˈdiːzəlɪŋ
disabling
dɪˈseɪb əlɪŋ
enabling
ɪnˈeɪbəlɪŋ
houseling
ˈhaʊzəlɪŋ
houselling
ˈhaʊzəlɪŋ
housling
ˈhaʊzəlɪŋ
juggling
ˈdʒʌɡəlɪŋ
labelling
ˈleɪbəlɪŋ
modeling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
modelling
ˈmɒdəlɪŋ
remodeling
ˌriːˈmɒdəlɪŋ
signaling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
signalling
ˈsɪɡnəlɪŋ
smuggling
ˈsmʌɡəlɪŋ
stumbling
ˈstʌmbəlɪŋ
teazelling
ˈtiːzəlɪŋ
travelling
ˈtrævəlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUZZLING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUZZLING

bowling
calling
ceiling
cooling
dazzling
dealing
falling
feeling
filing
filling
handling
healing
mailing
rolling
selling
sizzling
sterling
telling
vajazzling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of puzzling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUZZLING»

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

Translation of «puzzling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUZZLING

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

Translator English - Chinese

迷惑人的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcertante
570 millions of speakers

English

puzzling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

puzzling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُحَيِّر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приводящий в замешательство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incompreensível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরক্তিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déroutant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membingungkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwirrend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

困らせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당황하게 하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puzzling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khó giải quyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழுப்பமாகவே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गूढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşırtıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconcertante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakłopotany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

що спантеличує
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încurcat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσνόητος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwarrend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbryllande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gåtefull
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puzzling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUZZLING»

The term «puzzling» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.207 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUZZLING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PUZZLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puzzling.
1
Sunni Brown
I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it to communicate ideas with others and get their refinement of them, I use it to map complex systems for companies, I use it to run innovation games for business, I use it to get insight on something puzzling me.
2
Bonnie Jo Campbell
I mostly write about the working poor. Somehow, they're not being written about much anymore. I'm very interested in people who are in a situation that needs a little puzzling out. The thing that gets me started on a story is a person in a tough situation.
3
Shane Carruth
My job as an author - at least the way I think of it - is to make a story that is coded and puzzling enough to entice conversation and interpretation, but also to do the opposite: to make some things clear so that it is meaningful in some way, not just a random assemblage of ideas.
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
5
Queen Elizabeth II
The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
6
Sophie Hannah
Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.
7
Hayao Miyazaki
Plants exist in the weather and light rays that surround them - waving in the wind, shimmering in the sunlight. I am always puzzling over how to draw such things.
8
Brad Paisley
My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.
9
Maxfield Parrish
There are countless artists whose shoes I am not worthy to polish - whose prints would not pay the printer. The question of judgment is a puzzling one.
10
Robert M. Pirsig
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. puzzling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUZZLING»

Discover the use of puzzling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puzzling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
200 Puzzling Physics Problems: With Hints and Solutions
Instructive, challenging and fun physics problems for students at all levels.
P. Gnädig, G. Honyek, K. F. Riley, 2001
2
Mathematical Puzzling
Challenging and stimulating collection of diverting brainteasers helps high school students integrate simple techniques and complex strategies in an enjoyable way.
A. Gardiner, 1987
3
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
Winston Breen says the only thing better than discovering a puzzle is stumping someone else with it.
Eric Berlin, 2009
4
The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco
Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.
Dennis Elliott Shasha, 1997
5
Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior
In a sequential, step-by-step layout, this book walks parents through the often-complex process of treating your child's problems.
Steve Curtis, 2008
6
Puzzling People: The Labyrinth of the Psychopath
Puzzling People takes an in-depth look at how the minds of psychopaths work and why, and focusses on what you can do to survive and thrive and ultimately escape forever.
Thomas Sheridan, 2011
7
Puzzling Cases of Epilepsy
This book highlights the importance that original observations have in inspiring both new treatments and continued research. * Presents unique and challenging case vignettes in epilepsy contributed by eminent physicians in the field * ...
Dieter Schmidt, Steven C. Schachter, 2011
8
Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and ...
A collection of thirty-five Scientific American mathematical puzzles is enhanced to provide maximum recreational benefits and challenges participants to strategize fund investments, escape a Minotaur, play power politics, verify DNA, and ...
Dennis E. Shasha, 2005
9
Puzzling Out the Past: Studies in Northwest Semitic ...
Included in the volume is a republication of his path breaking exhibition catalogue, "Puzzling Out the Past."
Marilyn J. Lundberg, Steven Fine, Wayne T. Pitard, 2012
10
Envelopes: A Puzzling Journey Through the Royal Mail
The result is an exquisite, quirky, unique gem of a book that is impossible not to fall in love with.Embark on a puzzling journey through the Royal Mail.Open this book, and you will discover a most curious and diverting collection of ...
Harriet Russell, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUZZLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puzzling is used in the context of the following news items.
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The puzzling role of 'loan to value ratio' in loans
Puzzled at the bank's low offer despite his credit standing, he checked his loan eligibility online, only to find the same bank offering him a home loan of Rs. 45 ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jul 15»
2
Letter: Honor for Bush is indeed puzzling
Times change. We all know that. Standards can also change, though perhaps not so often and certainly not as dramatically as suggested by the Associated ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
3
Police investigate puzzling death of baby Israel in Hamilton
A MOTHER has been left devastated as homicide detectives investigate the puzzling death of her 11-month-old son in Hamilton in Western Victoria. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
4
Pair plans on making town a little more puzzling
WILMINGTON- Life can be puzzling, and at times frustratingly so. Shelley Park and Nicki Steel hope to make life in Wilmington a little more puzzling, but with the ... «Deerfield Valley News, Jul 15»
5
Puzzling cosmic signals, processed food defined and more reader …
A controversial paper about modifying genes in fertilized human eggs raised some serious ethical concerns. Tina Hesman Saey covered researchers' ... «Science News, Jul 15»
6
Experts still puzzling over bird flu
But even as outbreaks taper off, experts still are puzzling over why the virus wreaked such havoc, upending the livelihood of farmers like Becky Bruns. About a ... «WWNO, Jun 15»
7
A German Writer Translates a Puzzling Illness Into a Best-Selling Book
MANNHEIM, Germany — IF Giulia Enders had not contracted a mysterious illness as a teenager that left her covered with sores, she, like most of us, might never ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
LA Film Festival Review: 'El Elefante Desaparecido' a puzzling
This puzzling whodunnit gets steadily more intriguing as it morphs into a mind-bending who-am-I. Edo Celeste (Salvador del Solar) is Peru's top crime novelist ... «LA Daily News, Jun 15»
9
Greg Ip: Three Economic Puzzles Are Now Less Puzzling
Data out in the last week has begun to help solve three puzzles that have hung over the U.S. and global economies in the last year. The first puzzle: The big ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
10
Editorial: School zone decision is puzzling
WHILE I don't doubt that the intersection of Ashfield Rd and FE Walker St can be a busy one at peak times of the day, I'm not sure I agree with making it a school ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jun 15»

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