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perplex

[ per-pleks ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally:

    Her strange response perplexed me.

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  2. to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question.

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  3. to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty.

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perplex

/ əˈɛ /

verb

  1. to puzzle; bewilder; confuse
  2. to complicate

    to perplex an issue

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perplex1

First recorded in 1585–95; back formation from perplexed
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perplex1

C15: from obsolete perplex (adj) intricate, from Latin perplexus entangled, from per- (thoroughly) + plectere to entwine
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Nauman, at a tumultuous and perplexing period of upheaval politically, socially and artistically, was getting down to basics.

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So much so that one time later in life my mother even questioned it, perplexed by my desire to re-pilgrimage the park in times good or bad.

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As well as being perplexed at how their side lost, PSG fans will also feel aggrieved at some decisions that went against them early on.

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And so astronomers were perplexed: do we do with these?

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni would much rather push for another summit that includes the US than discuss a European contingent in Ukraine – a possibility which she says "perplexes" her.

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