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per·plex
 perplex
- pronunciation:
- p
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pleks
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
perplexed, perplexes, perplexing |
| definition 1: |
to puzzle, confuse, or cause uncertainty in the mind of (a person).
Her complicated instructions were no help at all; in fact, they only perplexed him.- synonyms:
- bewilder, confuse, puzzle
- similar words:
- baffle, beat, befuddle, boggle, buffalo, confound, discombobulate, dumbfound, fog, frustrate, mislead, mystify, nonplus, pose, rattle, stump
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| definition 2: |
to complicate or confuse (a subject or situation).
- synonyms:
- complicate, confuse, muddle
- similar words:
- foul up, involve, jumble, mess up, muddy
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| related words: |
bother, confuse, entangle, fluster, obfuscate, obscure, stick, vex, worry |
| derivations: |
perplexingly (adv.), perplexer (n.) |
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