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perplexed

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɚˈplɛkst/ / /pəˈplɛkst/

adj

  1. Confused or puzzled.

    The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.

    She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'"

  2. Bewildered.
  3. Entangled; labyrinthine.

    "[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of perplex