'Perplex' definitions:
Definition of 'perplex'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
verb
Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [syn: complicate, perplex] [ant: simplify]
Definition of 'Perplex'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Perplex'
From: GCIDE
- Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perplexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Perplexing.] [L. perplexari. See Perplex, a.]
- 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. [1913 Webster]
- No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. "Perplexd beyond self-explication." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. [1913 Webster]
- We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To plague; to vex; to torment. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See Embarrass. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perplex'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- ail,
- amaze,
- appanage,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- babble,
- baffle,
- balk,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- be beyond one,
- be Greek to,
- be incredible,
- be the matter,
- be too deep,
- be unbelievable,
- beat,
- beat one,
- becloud,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- beset,
- bewilder,
- birthright,
- blast,
- boggle,
- bother,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- brave,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- cap,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- cloud,
- complicate,
- complicate matters,
- concern,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- dash,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discombobulate,
- discomfit,
- discommode,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disrupt,
- distract,
- distress,
- disturb,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- elude,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- escape one,
- fill with doubt,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- fuss,
- get,
- gibber,
- harass,
- implicate,
- inconvenience,
- involve,
- irk,
- keep in suspense,
- knock the chocks,
- knot,
- lagniappe,
- largess,
- lick,
- lose one,
- louse up,
- maze,
- mess up,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muck,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- mystify,
- need explanation,
- nonplus,
- not make sense,
- not penetrate,
- overwhelm,
- palm oil,
- paralyze,
- pass belief,
- pass comprehension,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- perturb,
- petrify,
- plague,
- pose,
- pother,
- pourboire,
- prerogative,
- privilege,
- put out,
- put to it,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- ramify,
- rattle,
- ravel,
- riddle,
- ruffle,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- screw up,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- speak in tongues,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stagger,
- startle,
- stick,
- stonewall,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- stymie,
- surprise,
- talk double Dutch,
- tangle,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- thwart,
- tip,
- torment,
- trouble,
- unsettle,
- upset,
- vex,
- worry