Bothered
Puzzled
Puzzled adjective - Filled with bewilderment.
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Synonyms for Puzzled
Bothered and puzzled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bothered" instead an adjective "Puzzled".
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Related pairs
- upset and bothered
- upset and puzzled
- agitated and bothered
- agitated and puzzled
- disturbed and bothered
- disturbed and puzzled
- perturbed and bothered
- perturbed and puzzled
- troubled and bothered
- troubled and puzzled
- worried and bothered
- worried and puzzled
- embarrassed and bothered
- embarrassed and puzzled
Both words in one sentence
- I Never Got Any Letters: Kit is puzzled when her mother and her best friend Tracy both act like she's never bothered to send them any letters when she's been writing both of them frequently.
Source: Literature / Down a Dark Hall -
He also confesses his affair just to get guilt off him and provoke a reaction from April and is puzzled why April really isn't bothered.
Source: Literature / Revolutionary Road
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