| VERB | cognition | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | perplex, complicate | make more complicated |
| Sounds | perpleh'ks | |
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| Rhymes | Aix ... x / X: 35 rhymes with ehks... | |
| Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will perplex him; The good news will perplex her; The performance is likely to perplex Sue | |
| Synonyms | vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | |
| Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
| riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
| Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
| Meaning | make more complicated. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | complicate | |
| Narrower | complexify | make complex |
| snarl, snarl up, embrangle | make more complicated or confused / confused through entanglements | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
| Spanish | complicar | |
| Catalan | complicar | |
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