1. (often followed by 'with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
   "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target" 
2. Spread throughout
   "cities riddled with corruption"

1. Pierce with many holes
   "The bullets riddled his body" 
2. Set a difficult problem or riddle
   "riddle me a riddle" 
3. Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
   - screen 
4. Spread or diffuse through
   "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
   - permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue 
5. Speak in riddles 
6. Explain a riddle

See also: damaged, full

Type of: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, communicate, dumbfound, figure out, flummox, get, gravel, intercommunicate, lick, mystify, nonplus, penetrate, perforate, perplex, pierce, pose, puzzle, puzzle out, sieve, sift, solve, stick, strain, stupefy, vex, work, work out

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