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   perplex

   /pəˈplɛks/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel completely baffled: "she was perplexed by her husband's moodiness"
   • ▪ complicate or confuse (a matter): "they were perplexing a subject plain in itself"

   Word Origin late 15th century (as the adjective perplexed): from the obsolete adjective perplex ‘bewildered’, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled’, based on plexus ‘interwoven’, from the verb plectere.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPERPLEX | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PERPLEX definition: 1. to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve: 2. to confuse…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › perplexPerplex Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of PERPLEX is to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something. How to use perplex in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Perplex.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › perplexPERPLEX Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Perplex definition: to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally. See examples of PERPLEX used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPERPLEX | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   PERPLEX meaning: 1. to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve: 2. to confuse…. Learn more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPERPLEXED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PERPLEXED definition: 1. confused, because something is difficult to understand or solve: 2. confused, because something…. Learn more.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › perplexPerplex - definition of perplex by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain. 2. to make complicated; confuse. 3. to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty. [1585–95; back formation from perplexed] per•plex′er, n.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › perplexPerplex - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To perplex someone is to amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, or puzzle them. Perplexing things are hard to understand. If you're perplexed, then you're confused.