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perplex
Found in thesaurus: discombobulate, throw, fox, confuse, fuddle, befuddle, bedevil, confound, change, modify, alter
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perplex
v.
baffle; confuse; complicate
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perplex
Verb
1. be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
(synonym) vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
(hypernym) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
(hyponym) stump, mix up
2. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
(synonym) complicate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) complexify
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perplex
adj.
perplexed, baffled, thunderstruck, astounded, stunned
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perplex
Czas.
wprawiać w zakłopotanie; konsternować
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Perplex
(a.)
To plague; to vex; to tormen.
To plague; to vex; to tormen.
(a.)
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
(a.)
To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
(a.)
Intricate; difficult.
Intricate; difficult.
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