Perplexed

Quick meaning: Perplexed is an adjective meaning Confused or puzzled.

Meaning

Confused or puzzled.

More Meanings

1. Bewildered.
2. simple past and past participle of perplex
3. (obsolete) Entangled; labyrinthine.

Example Sentences

The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.

She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'"

"[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"

Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.

Synonyms for perplexed

Depending on context, synonyms include bewildered, bemused, baffled, befuddled, confounded, nonplussed.

Antonyms for perplexed

Common opposites include unperplexed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include baffled, puzzled, befuddled, mystified, bewildered, confused.

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