English > perplexed: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment. |
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Examples | - "perplexed language"
- "perplexed state of the world"
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Narrower | at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled | Filled with bewilderment |
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baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
metagrobolized, metagrobolised, metagrabolized, metagrabolised, mystified | totally perplexed and mixed up |
questioning, quizzical | perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) |
stuck | baffled |
See also | confused | mentally confused / confused |
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Opposite | unperplexed | Experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment |
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Spanish | perplejo |
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Nouns | perplexity | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity |
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Adverbs | perplexedly | in a perplexed manner |
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