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Definitions for Riddle

[1] a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
[2] a puzzling question, problem, or matter.
[3] a puzzling thing or person.
[4] any enigmatic or dark saying or speech.
[5] to propound riddles; speak enigmatically.
[6] to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve: to riddle the target.
[7] to fill or affect with (something undesirable, weakening, etc.): a government riddled with graft.
[8] to impair or refute completely by persistent verbal attacks: to riddle a person's reputation.
[9] to sift through a riddle, as gravel; screen.
[10] a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
[11] a question, puzzle, or verse so phrased that ingenuity is required for elucidation of the answer or meaning; conundrum
[12] a person or thing that puzzles, perplexes, or confuses; enigma
[13] to solve, explain, or interpret (a riddle or riddles)
[14] (intr) to speak in riddles
[15] (usually foll by with) to pierce or perforate with numerous holes riddled with bullets
[16] to damage or impair
[17] to put through a sieve; sift
[18] to fill or pervade the report was riddled with errors
[19] a sieve, esp a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc

Words related to Riddle

mystery, dilemma, conundrum, puzzle, quandary, complexity, enigma, teaser, mar, pervade, puncture, corrupt, infest, pepper, strait, mystification, perplexity, plight, complication, stickler

Words nearby Riddle

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Origin of Riddle

2before 1100; (noun) Middle English riddil, Old English hriddel, variant of hridder, hrīder; cognate with German Reiter; akin to Latin crībrum sieve; (v.) Middle English ridlen to sift, derivative of the noun

Word origin for Riddle

Old English hriddel a sieve, variant of hridder ; related to Latin crībrum sieve

Synonyms for Riddle

complexity, conundrum, dilemma, enigma, mystery, puzzle, quandary, teaser, bewilderment, charade, complication, confusion, cryptogram, distraction, doubt, embarrassment, entanglement, intricacy, labyrinth, maze, mystification, perplexity, plight, poser, predicament, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, stickler, strait, stumper, twister, brain-twister, closed book, knotty question, mind-boggler, sixty-four dollar question, tough nut to crack, tough proposition