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riddlenoun something hard to understand or explainhis motives for starting an argument with the coach were a complete riddle closed book, conundrum, enigma, head-scratcher, mystery, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, secret, why brainteaser, case, challenge, knot, matter, perplexity, poser, problem, stumper, trouble to make a hole or series of holes inseveral signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot bore, drill, hole, perforate, pierce, punch, puncture broach, tappoke, prick, pricklepenetrateburrow (into), excavate, gouge, groove, hollowbreak, cut, gash, notch, rend, rupture, slash, slit, split fill, patch, plug, seal to spread throughoutthe newspaper exposé revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption interpenetrate, percolate (into), permeate, pervade, suffuse, transfuse diffuse (through), impregnate, pass (into), penetratefill (up)drench, imbue, infuse, saturate, soak, steepflood, glut n.mystery, problem, enigma, riddle, puzzle mean something which baffles or perplexes.mystery applies to what cannot be fully understood by reason or less strictly to whatever resists or defies explanation.the mystery of the stone monoliths problem applies to a question or difficulty calling for a solution or causing concern.problems created by high technology enigma applies to utterance or behavior that is very difficult to interpret.his suicide remains an enigma riddle suggests an enigma or problem involving paradox or apparent contradiction.the riddle of the reclusive pop star puzzle applies to an enigma or problem that challenges ingenuity for its solution.the thief's motives were a puzzle for the police before the 12th century |