per·plex
per·plex/pərˈpleks/
verb
(of something complicated or unaccountable) cause (someone) to feel completely baffled.
"she was perplexed by her husband's moodiness"
synonyms: puzzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, nonplus, disconcert, dumbfound, throw, get, exercise, worry, befuddle, fuddle, addle, fog, flummox, be all Greek to, discombobulate, stump, bamboozle, floor, beat, faze, fox, wilder, distract, gravel, maze, pose, cause to be at a stand, puzzled, baffled, mystified, bemused, bewildered, confused, nonplussed, disconcerted, dumbfounded, worried, at a loss, at sea, befuddled, fuddled, addled, flummoxed, bamboozled, discombobulated, stumped, fazed, beaten, bushed, wildered, distracted, mazed, puzzling, baffling, mystifying, mysterious, bewildering, confusing, disconcerting, worrying, unaccountable, difficult to understand, inexplicable, impenetrable, unfathomable, paradoxical, peculiar, funny, strange, weird, odd, beyond one, complex, complicated, difficult, hard, taxing, knotty, thorny, ticklish, involved, intricate, convoluted, labyrinthine, Byzantine, spiny, mind-bending, wildering
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The meaning of PERPLEX is to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something. How to use perplex in a sentence.
to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve: The disease has continued to perplex doctors.
to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand.
The meaning of PERPLEXED is filled with uncertainty : puzzled. How to use perplexed in a sentence.
1. to make (a person) uncertain, doubtful, or hesitant; confuse; puzzle 2. to make intricate or complicated; make confusing or hard to understand to perplex an ...
PERPLEX meaning: to confuse (someone) very much.
Definitions of perplexed. adjective. full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment.
if something perplexes you, it makes you confused or worried because you do not understand it. synonym puzzle.
8 days ago · confused, because something is difficult to understand or solve: The students looked perplexed, so the teacher tried to explain once again.