riddle
/ˈrɪdl/noun
उच्चारण रिडल
पहेली
Core word
noun
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[C]
a question that is difficult to understand, and that has a surprising answer; a mysterious event or situation that you cannot explain
पहेली
- solve a riddle
- Radhika's grandmother asked the children a riddle about a river that has no water.
- Can you solve this riddle about a clock?
+ 2 more examples
- The cause of the fire remains a riddle.
- The children tried to guess the answer to the riddle.
verb
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[T]
to make a lot of holes in somebody or something; (riddled with) full of something bad
छलनी करना
- riddled with errors
- Termites had riddled the wooden door with tiny holes.
- The old wall was riddled with cracks.
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- The report is riddled with mistakes.
- Rust had riddled the abandoned car with holes.
§Grammar and usage
Usage: riddled with (full of something bad: 'riddled with mistakes').
प्रयोग में riddled with (किसी बुरी चीज़ से भरा: 'riddled with mistakes')।