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Perplexes

To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.

📖 Definitions of "Perplexes"

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.

  2. 2

    To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.

  3. 3

    To plague; to vex; to torment.

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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.
stupifyverbAlternative 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.
confoundsverbTo perplex or puzzle.

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