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riddle

noun

1 riddle

A difficult problem.

synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma.

Roget 652: cleanness, cleanliness etc. adj.; purity; cleaning etc. v.; purification, defecation etc. v.; purgation, lustration; ... show more

Roget 60: arrangement; plan etc. 626; preparation etc. 673; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting etc. ... show more

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Roget 519: unintelligibility; incomprehensibility, imperspicuity; inconceivableness, vagueness etc. adj.; obscurity; ambiguity etc. 520; doubtful meaning; uncertainty etc. ... show more

Roget 533: secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum, mystery; latency etc. 526; Asian mystery; sealed book, secrets of the prison house; le desous des cartes [Fr.].    enigma, riddle, ... show more

Dutch: woordraadsel, hersenbreker, raadselachtige zaak, enigma, raadsel
Polish: enigmat

2 riddle

A coarse sieve (as for gravel).

Polish: rzeszoto

verb

1 riddle

Pierce with many holes.

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, ... show more

Roget 260: open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open.    perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine etc. ... show more

Dutch: doorzeven

2 riddle

Set a difficult problem or riddle.

3 riddle

Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.

synonym: screen.

4 riddle

Spread or diffuse through:
— His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks.

synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade.

Dutch: diffuus, doordringen

5 riddle

Speak in riddles.

6 riddle

Explain a riddle.


Moby thesaurus: Chinese puzzle, anagram, answer, arabesque, assort, auger, babble, baffle, bafflement, basketry, basketwork, be Greek to, be beyond one, be too deep, beat one, bewilderment, bite, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish ... show more.

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