perplex[verb]Synonyms: puzzle, baffle, bewilder, confound, confuse, mystify, stump
Related Idioms: put (
or drive) to one's wit's end
Related Words: discompose,
perturb,
balk,
thwart,
astonish,
astound,
surprise [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧plex /pəˈpleks $ pər-/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: perplex 'perplexed' (14-17 centuries), from Latin perplexus, from plexus 'twisted together']
if something perplexes you, it makes you feel confused and worried because it is difficult to understand
Synonym : puzzle:
Shea’s symptoms perplexed the doctors.—perplexing adjective:
a perplexing problem [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲