'Perplexed' definitions:
Definition of 'perplexed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world" [ant: unperplexed]
Definition of 'Perplexed'
From: GCIDE
- Perplexed \Per*plexed"\, a. Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- {Per*plex"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Per*plex"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Perplexed'
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 'perplexed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addled,
- at a loss,
- at a nonplus,
- at a stand,
- at a standstill,
- at an impasse,
- baffled,
- balled up,
- balled-up,
- bamboozled,
- beat,
- bewildered,
- beyond one,
- bothered,
- buffaloed,
- Byzantine,
- chaotic,
- complex,
- complicated,
- confounded,
- confused,
- convoluted,
- crabbed,
- cramp,
- daedal,
- dazed,
- devious,
- difficult,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disordered,
- disorganized,
- disturbed,
- elaborate,
- embarrassed,
- embrangled,
- entangled,
- floored,
- flustered,
- fluttered,
- fouled up,
- fuddled,
- fussed,
- garbled,
- hard,
- hard to understand,
- implicated,
- in a dilemma,
- in a jumble,
- in a pother,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- in a swivet,
- in a tizzy,
- in suspense,
- intricate,
- involuted,
- involved,
- jumbled,
- knotted,
- knotty,
- labyrinthian,
- labyrinthine,
- licked,
- loused up,
- many-faceted,
- matted,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- messed up,
- mixed up,
- mixed-up,
- mucked up,
- muddled,
- multifarious,
- mystified,
- nonplussed,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- on tenterhooks,
- overtechnical,
- perturbed,
- put-out,
- puzzled,
- ramified,
- rattled,
- roundabout,
- ruffled,
- scrambled,
- screwed up,
- shaken,
- shook,
- shuffled,
- snarled,
- stuck,
- stumped,
- subtle,
- tangled,
- tangly,
- thrown,
- tough,
- twisted,
- unsettled,
- upset