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[pə'pleks](to puzzle or confuse (someone); to make (someone) unable to understand: She was perplexed by his questions.) rendre perplexe- perplexedly - perplexity -
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confused [kənˈfju:zd]• to get confused ( = muddled up) ne plus savoir où on en est* * *[kən'fjuːzd]1) [person] troublé; [thoughts, mind] confus2) ( muddled) [account, reasoning] confus; [memories, sounds] confus; [voices] indistinct; [impression] vague -
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confused [kən'fju:zd](a) (muddled → person) désorienté; (→ sounds) confus, indistinct; (→ thoughts) confus, embrouillé; (→ memory) confus, vague;∎ wait a minute, I'm getting confused attends, là, je ne suis plus;∎ very old people often get confused les personnes très âgées ont souvent les idées confuses∎ I'm still a little confused as to why he did it je ne comprends toujours pas très bien pourquoi il a fait cela -
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perplex [pə'pleks]∎ his questions perplexed us ses questions nous ont laissés perplexes ou nous ont plongés dans la perplexité(b) (complicate) compliquer
См. также в других словарях:
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
perplexed — index lost (disoriented) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
perplexed — (adj.) late 15c., pp. adjective; see PERPLEX (Cf. perplex). A case of a past participle form attested centuries before the verb (perplex isn t recorded until 17c.) … Etymology dictionary
perplexed — [pər plekst′] adj. 1. full of doubt or uncertainty; puzzled 2. hard to understand; confusing perplexedly [pərplek′sid lē] adv … English World dictionary
perplexed — adj. 1) perplexed about, at, by, over 2) perplexed to + inf. (we were perplexed to learn of your decision) * * * [pə plekst] at by over perplexed about perplexed to + inf. (we were perplexed to learn of your decision) … Combinatory dictionary
Perplexed — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
perplexed — [[t]pə(r)ple̱kst[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are perplexed, you feel confused and slightly worried by something because you do not understand it. She is perplexed about what to do for her daughter... Japan s perplexed bankers need not… … English dictionary
perplexed — per|plexed [pəˈplekst US pər ] adj confused and worried by something that you do not understand = ↑puzzled ▪ The student looked at him, perplexed. ▪ Perplexed investors tried to work out what the deal meant. >perplexedly [pəˈpleksıdli,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
perplexed — adjective full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment (Freq. 2) perplexed language perplexed state of the world • Ant: ↑unperplexed • Similar to: ↑at a loss, ↑nonplused, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
perplexed — perplexedly /peuhr plek sid lee/, adv. perplexedness, n. /peuhr plekst /, adj. 1. bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind. 2. complicated; involved; entangled. [1350 1400; ME perplex confused ( < L perplexus; see PER , COMPLEX) + ED2] * *… … Universalium
perplexed — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
