perplex
Plural: perplexes
Verb
Verb Forms: perplexed, perplexing, perplexes
- To confuse or bewilder someone; to make uncertain.
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- make more complicated
- To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- To plague; to vex; to torment.
Adj
- intricate; difficult
Noun
- A difficulty.
Examples
- His unusual word choices often PERPLEX his opponents, making them doubt themselves.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
Synonyms
amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, complicate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
perplex: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordperplex: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
perplex: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary