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单词 riddling
释义

riddling

adjective

rid·​dling ˈrid-liŋ How to pronounce riddling (audio)
ˈri-dᵊl-iŋ
: containing or presenting riddles

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

riddling

verb

present participle of riddle
1
as in drilling
to make a hole or series of holes in several signs along the highway were riddled by buckshot

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • drilling
  • piercing
  • punching
  • puncturing
  • poking
  • holing
  • perforating
  • penetrating
  • tapping
  • boring
  • cutting
  • excavating
  • slashing
  • pricking
  • splitting
  • broaching
  • breaking
  • prickling
  • rupturing
  • slitting
  • rending
  • gouging
  • grooving
  • hollowing
  • gashing
  • notching
  • burrowing (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • filling
  • plugging
  • sealing
  • patching
2
as in penetrating
to spread throughout the newspaper exposé revealed a gaming commission that is riddled with corruption

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • penetrating
  • suffusing
  • pervading
  • permeating
  • flooding
  • interpenetrating
  • transfusing
  • impregnating
  • infusing
  • imbuing
  • saturating
  • drenching
  • percolating (into)
  • glutting
  • soaking
  • steeping
  • diffusing (through)
  • passing (into)
  • filling (up)
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