RIDDLING Synonyms

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

• difficult to analyze or understand

• difficult to analyze or understand

• causing confusion or disorientation

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

• of an obscure nature

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• a difficult problem

• a difficult problem

• (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

• spread out; not concentrated in one place

• lacking conciseness

• move outward

• spread or diffuse through

• cause to become widely known

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a difficult problem

• spread or diffuse through

• fill, soak, or imbue totally

• suffuse with color

• penetrate mutually or be interlocked

• spread or diffuse through

• spread or diffuse through

• pass through

• penetrate mutually or be interlocked

• spread or diffuse through

• a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing

• a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight

• the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube

• a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

• a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame

• the personnel of the film industry

• a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

• partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

• test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

• examine methodically

• examine in order to test suitability

• project onto a screen for viewing

• prevent from entering

• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

• protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm