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单词 unriddling
释义

unriddle

verb

un·​rid·​dle ˌən-ˈri-dᵊl How to pronounce unriddle (audio)
unriddled; unriddling; unriddles

transitive verb

: to find the explanation of : figure out, solve
unriddle a puzzle
no trouble unriddling three-part syllogisms New Yorker
also : to make understandable : explain
just trying to unriddle the man Helen Dudar

Synonyms

  • answer
  • break
  • crack
  • dope (out)
  • figure out
  • puzzle (out)
  • resolve
  • riddle (out)
  • solve
  • unravel
  • work
  • work out
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Example Sentences

I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did. the all-encompassing genius of Leonardo da Vinci is something that no biographer could ever hope to unriddle

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined above

unriddling

verb

present participle of unriddle
1
as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • solving
  • unraveling
  • answering
  • working out
  • figuring out
  • resolving
  • working
  • riddling (out)
  • doping (out)
  • cracking
  • puzzling (out)
  • deciphering
  • ironing out
  • reasoning
  • deciding
  • breaking
  • gathering
  • judging
  • inferring
  • concluding
  • straightening (out)
  • deducing
  • guessing
  • assuming
  • clearing (up)
  • divining
  • presuming
  • speculating
  • untangling
  • untieing
  • decoding
  • conjecturing
  • untying
  • unscrambling
2
as in explaining
to make plain or understandable the all-encompassing genius of Leonardo da Vinci is something that no biographer could ever hope to unriddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • explaining
  • clarifying
  • illustrating
  • demonstrating
  • getting across
  • spelling out
  • simplifying
  • illuminating
  • interpreting
  • construing
  • elucidating
  • demystifying
  • clearing (up)
  • explicating
  • expounding
  • analyzing
  • solving
  • specifying
  • resolving
  • defining
  • decoding
  • deciphering
  • breaking down
  • unraveling
  • disentangling
  • undoing
  • untangling
  • glossing
  • annotating
  • unscrambling
  • commentating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • obscuring
  • confusing
  • clouding
  • befogging
  • confounding
  • obfuscating
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