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perplex
[ per-pleks ]
verb (used with object)
- 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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- to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question.
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- to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty.
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perplex
/ əˈɛ /
verb
- to puzzle; bewilder; confuse
- to complicate
to perplex an issue
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of perplex1
Example Sentences
Nauman, at a tumultuous and perplexing period of upheaval politically, socially and artistically, was getting down to basics.
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.
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.
And so astronomers were perplexed: do we do with these?
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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