Defenition of the word riddle
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Defenition of the word riddle
- Any problem where the answer is very complex, possibly unsolvable without deep investigation.
- A sieve with large holes or a coarse mesh used to separate large particles from small particles.
- a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
- set a riddle
- explain a riddle
- speak in riddles
- pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
- a difficult problem
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
- set a difficult problem or riddle
- spread or diffuse through
- pierce with many holes
Synonyms for the word riddle
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- brain-teaser
- brainteaser
- challenge
- conundrum
- enigma
- mystery
- pepper
- perforate
- pierce
- puncture
- puzzle
- question
- screen
Similar words in the riddle
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- riddle
- riddle's
- riddled
- riddles
Hyponyms for the word riddle
Hypernyms for the word riddle
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- amaze
- baffle
- beat
- bewilder
- communicate
- dumbfound
- figure out
- flummox
- get
- gravel
- intercommunicate
- lick
- mystify
- nonplus
- penetrate
- perforate
- perplex
- pierce
- pose
- problem
- puzzle
- puzzle out
- screen
- sieve
- sift
- solve
- stick
- strain
- stupefy
- stupify
- surname
- trounce
- vex
- work
- work out
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