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Meaning of 'perplex' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perplex [ a.]
- To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
- To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
- To plague; to vex; to tormen.
- Intricate; difficult.

Meaning of 'perplex' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perplex [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be a mystery or bewildering to
Example in sentence:
  • a vexing problem;
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!;
  • This beats me!;
  • This question really stuck me
Meaning (2):
- make more complicated
Example in sentence:
  • There was a new development that complicated the matter

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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