puzzled

Definition

Confused or perplexed.

Example Sentences

• "They diſentangle from the puzzled ſkein / In vvhich obſcurity has vvrapp'd them up, / The threads of politic and ſhrevvd deſign / That ran through all his purpoſes, […]"
• "[W]hen the day of the departure came, between her two customs of laughing and crying, Miss Sedley was greatly puzzled how to act."
• "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."