perplex
verb/pəˈpleks/
/pərˈpleks/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they perplex | /pəˈpleks/ /pərˈpleks/ |
| he / she / it perplexes | /pəˈpleksɪz/ /pərˈpleksɪz/ |
| past simple perplexed | /pəˈplekst/ /pərˈplekst/ |
| past participle perplexed | /pəˈplekst/ /pərˈplekst/ |
| -ing form perplexing | /pəˈpleksɪŋ/ /pərˈpleksɪŋ/ |
- perplex somebody | it perplexes somebody that… if something perplexes you, it makes you confused or worried because you do not understand it synonym puzzle
- They were perplexed by her response.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as the adjective perplexed): from the obsolete adjective perplex ‘bewildered’, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled’, based on plexus ‘interwoven’, from the verb plectere.Want to learn more?
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