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Definition of Riddle
1. Noun. A difficult problem.
2. Verb. Pierce with many holes. "The bullets riddled his body"
Generic synonyms: Pierce
3. Noun. A coarse sieve (as for gravel).
4. Verb. Set a difficult problem or riddle. "Riddle me a riddle"
Generic synonyms: Amaze, Baffle, Beat, Bewilder, Dumbfound, Flummox, Get, Gravel, Mystify, Nonplus, Perplex, Pose, Puzzle, Stick, Stupefy, Vex
5. Verb. Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff.
6. Verb. Spread or diffuse through. "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
Exact synonyms: Diffuse, Imbue, Interpenetrate, Penetrate, Permeate, Pervade
Generic synonyms: Penetrate, Perforate
Specialized synonyms: Spiritise, Spiritize
Derivative terms: Diffusion, Diffusive, Diffusor, Diffusor, Interpenetration, Penetrative, Permeant, Permeation, Permeation, Permeative, Pervasion, Pervasive
Generic synonyms: Penetrate, Perforate
Specialized synonyms: Spiritise, Spiritize
Derivative terms: Diffusion, Diffusive, Diffusor, Diffusor, Interpenetration, Penetrative, Permeant, Permeation, Permeation, Permeative, Pervasion, Pervasive
7. Verb. Speak in riddles.
8. Verb. Explain a riddle.
Definition of Riddle
1. n. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
2. v. t. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
3. n. Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
4. v. t. To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
5. v. i. To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
Definition of Riddle
1. to pierce with many holes [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddle
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