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- [per-pleks]
- /pərˈplɛks/
- /pəˈpleks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-pleks]
- /pərˈplɛks/
Definitions of perplexing word
- verb with object perplexing to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me. 1
- verb with object perplexing to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question. 1
- verb with object perplexing to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty. 1
- adjective perplexing puzzling, mysterious 1
- adjective perplexing If you find something perplexing, you do not understand it or do not know how to deal with it. 0
- abbreviation PERPLEXING puzzling 0
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Origin of perplexing
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; back formation from perplexed
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Parts of speech for Perplexing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
perplexing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for perplexing
adj perplexing
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
noun perplexing
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- disorientation — to disorient.
adjective perplexing
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- confounding — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
- discommodious — Not commodious; uncomfortable.
Antonyms for perplexing
adj perplexing
- annotative — to supply with critical or explanatory notes; comment upon in notes: to annotate the works of Shakespeare.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- declarative — making a statement or assertion
- diagrammatic — Something that is in diagrammatic form is arranged or drawn as a diagram.
- graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
adjective perplexing
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- exegetical — Of or relating to exegesis.
- explanatory — Serving to explain something.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
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