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perplex (verb)

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  • perplex — ► VERB ▪ cause to feel baffled; puzzle greatly. DERIVATIVES perplexity noun (pl. perplexities) . ORIGIN from Latin perplexus entangled …   English terms dictionary

  • perplex — late 14c., adj., from L. perplexus “involved, confused, intricate;” but Latin had no corresponding verb *perplectere. The English adjective shifted to perplexed by late 15c., probably to conform to other pp. adjectives. The verb is latest… …   Etymology dictionary

  • perplex — I verb baffle, bedevil, bemuse, beset, bewilder, bother, complicate, confound, confuse, corner, discompose, disconcert, disorient, disquiet, distrahere, disturb, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fill with doubt, fog, involve, make difficult, make… …   Law dictionary

  • perplex — verb cause (someone) to feel baffled. Derivatives perplexed adjective perplexedly adverb perplexing adjective perplexingly adverb perplexity noun (plural perplexities). Orig …   English new terms dictionary

  • perplex — verb To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. See Also: perplexed, perplexing, perplexity …   Wiktionary

  • perplex — verb (transitive usually passive) if something perplexes you, it makes you feel worried and confused because it is difficult to understand: I was somewhat perplexed by his response. | a perplexing problem …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • perplex — verb the bizarre notes left at each of these crime scenes perplexed us Syn: puzzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, disconcert, dumbfound, throw, throw/catch off balance, exercise, worry; informal flummox, be all Greek to,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • perplex — UK [pə(r)ˈpleks] / US [pərˈpleks] verb [transitive] Word forms perplex : present tense I/you/we/they perplex he/she/it perplexes present participle perplexing past tense perplexed past participle perplexed to make someone feel perplexed …   English dictionary

  • perplex — transitive verb Etymology: obsolete perplex, adjective, involved, perplexed, from Latin perplexus, from per thoroughly + plexus involved, from past participle of plectere to braid, twine more at per , ply Date: 1593 1. to make unable to grasp… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • perplex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. puzzle, bewilder, confuse, mystify, confound, non plus; distract, disconcert. See difficulty, unintelligibility, doubt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. puzzle, confound, bewilder; see confuse . See Synonym… …   English dictionary for students

  • perplex — per|plex [ pər pleks ] verb transitive to make someone feel perplexed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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