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Definition of unriddle :
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery.
Synonyms:
discover (part of speech: verb)
disinter, find, realize, determine, expose, unravel, reveal, dig up, detect, identify, unmask, disclose, educe, breakthrough, discover, solve, recognize, unearth, fathom, elicit
Usage examples:
- Turning round at this point, I could see the house, and I moved a little aside into the underwood, and stood gazing at the windows, trying to unriddle the matter. - "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman.
- It will explain us to each other, it will unriddle many riddles, it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now. - "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories", Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Last Updated: February 18, 2009.
- He was determined to unriddle the mystery of the bookshop. - "The Haunted Bookshop", Christopher Morley.