📖 Definitions of "Perplexes"
verb
- 1
To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- 2
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- 3
To plague; to vex; to torment.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Perplexes"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nonplusverb | (transitive) To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox. |
| bewilderverb | (transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices. |
| baffleverb | (transitive) To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. |
| flummoxverb | (transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast. |
| mystifyverb | (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. |
| dumbfoundverb | (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless. |
| puzzleverb | (transitive) (also reflexive, often passive voice) To cause (oneself or someone, or their mind, etc.) to feel confused or mystified because they cannot understand a complicated matter, a problem, etc.; to confuse, to mystify, to perplex. |
| stupifyverb | Alternative form of stupefy. [(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.] |
| amazeverb | (transitive) To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. |
| stupefyverb | (transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. |
| complicateverb | (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult. |
| trounceverb | (transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin. |
| beatverb | (transitive) To hit; to strike. |
| getverb | (transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire. |
| gravelverb | (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc. |
| bafflesverb | (transitive) To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. |
| mystifiesverb | (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder. |
| irksverb | (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother |
| frustratesverb | (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. |
| confoundsverb | To perplex or puzzle. |
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