perplex

[US]/pəˈpleks/
[UK]/pərˈpleks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. puzzle or confuse; complicate

Example Sentences

perplex a man with questions

be perplexed for an answer

they were perplexing a subject plain in itself.

a perplexed state of mind

This problem perplexes me.

He perplexed me with this problem.

I am perplexed to know what to do.

she was perplexed by her husband's moodiness.

This might seem very perplexing to those who know nothing about it.

to disembroil a subject that seems to have perplexed even Antiquity.

Gary looked rather perplexed.

The professor is never at a nonplus, and never perplexed by a problem.

Long-term since, drinking water is perplexing us filthily.

He was still more perplexed, for this inconsequent smile made nothing clear.

The farmer felt the cow,went away,returned,sorely perplexed,always afraid of being cheated.

The children that addiction of contributive deliverance deep clapnet perplexes the government, be like make sense at manage at affection, won't have crosscurrent.

It perplexed her mother and caused her teacher to think I was a militarist at a time when virulent antimilitarism was de rigueur.

Real-world Examples

Her attitude towards him at first perplexed me.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

That's my motto. - One thing still perplexes me...Why would Rick Sanchez turn himself in?

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

She couldn't read. It perplexed her.

Source: PBS Interview Entertainment Series

At first, Gawain was perplexed by these strange terms.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

" Did he break up with you? " Charlie was perplexed.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

As they were looking at the images, the doctors were perplexed.

Source: Smart Life Encyclopedia

Anyone who comes to Australia is completely perplexed by our game, right?

Source: Emma's delicious English

One particular cat in the show got a bit perplexed on the judge got more than she bargained for.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.

Source: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

He was only partly unhappy, but he was infinitely and rather sadly perplexed.

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

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