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say it: PUHZ-uh-ling
puzzling is an adjective meaning "not clear to the understanding". It carries 2 recorded senses.
not clear to the understanding
“I didn't grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later”
“prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries”
lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
“sent confusing signals to Iraq”
“perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it”
“a puzzling statement”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for puzzling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.