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per·plexed
 perplexed
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- pronunciation:
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plekst
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
puzzled, confused, or uncertain.
He was confident that she would answer yes to his proposal, so he was terribly perplexed when her answer was no.Naturally she was perplexed when her car wasn't in the spot where she parked it.- synonyms:
- baffled, befuddled, puzzled
- similar words:
- bamboozled, bewildered, buffaloed, confounded, confused, lost, mystified, quizzical, stumped
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| definition 2: |
of a subject or situation, complicated or confused.
- synonyms:
- complicated, entangled, involved
- similar words:
- complex, confused, convoluted, involuted, mystified, snarled
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| related words: |
disconcerted, doubtful, lost |
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| derivation: |
perplexedly (adv.) |
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