All perplex synonyms
perΒ·plex
P p verb perplex
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- kinked β Bent or twisted into a tight curl.
- fall on β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- deviled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- misarrange β to arrange incorrectly or improperly: to misarrange a file.
- caught short β having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- nonplus β to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
- give the business β an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- intertangle β (transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
- becloud β to cover or obscure with a cloud
- dismay β to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- flummox β to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- disorienting β to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- discombobulate β to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- mystify β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- discomfit β to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- complicate β To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- floor β that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- horrify β to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- disorientate β to disorient.
- baffle β If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- blinded β unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- noodge β to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- displease β to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- distract β to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- deviling β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- girdling β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- impose on β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- embroil β Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- bemuse β If something bemuses you, it puzzles or confuses you.
- flurry β a light, brief shower of snow.
- misidentify β to identify incorrectly.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- buffalo β A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- blinding β A blinding light is extremely bright.