perplexed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /pɚˈplɛkst/ (General-American)
- pəplĕkstʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
- pərplĕkstʹ (General-American)
- /pəˈplɛkst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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Confused or puzzled.
The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.
Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.
2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'"
1963, James Clavell, The Children's Story, unnumbered page:
- Bewildered.
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(obsolete) 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?"
1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most perplexed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more perplexed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
perplexedly · unperplexed · perplexedness
Translations (48)
fi ymmällään (bewildered) · pl zakłopotany (confused or puzzled) · ja 当惑した (confused or puzzled) · eo perpleksa (confused or puzzled) · de verdutzt (confused or puzzled) · es de perplejidad (bewildered) · ru недоумённый (confused or puzzled) · uz hayron (confused or puzzled) · tr şaşkın (confused or puzzled) · ru ошеломлённый (bewildered) · ota شاشقین (bewildered) · de perplex (confused or puzzled) · pl zmieszany (confused or puzzled) · bg озадаче́н (bewildered) · mk збу́нет (confused or puzzled) · mk збу́нет (bewildered) · ja 困った (confused or puzzled) · bg ша́шнат (bewildered) · sh zbunjen (bewildered) · mi pōhēhē (confused or puzzled) · fr perplexe (confused or puzzled) · fi ymmällään (confused or puzzled) · chg حیران (confused or puzzled) · bg смуте́н (confused or puzzled) · el μπερδεμένος (confused or puzzled) · cmn 迷惘 (confused or puzzled) · mi pōkeka (confused or puzzled) · de verblüfft (bewildered) · it perplesso (confused or puzzled) · fi hämmentynyt (bewildered) · ims pōhēhē (bewildered) · mk ста́писан (bewildered) · nl perplex (confused or puzzled) · pt perplexo (confused or puzzled) · cmn 迷惘 (bewildered) · mi pōkeka (bewildered) · sa मुग्ध (confused or puzzled) · bg объ́ркан (confused or puzzled) · ru недоумева́ющий (confused or puzzled) · sh izgubljen (bewildered) · sh zbunjen (confused or puzzled) · ota شاشقین (confused or puzzled) · fi hämmentynyt (confused or puzzled) · es (with “estar” or “quedar”) perplejo (confused or puzzled) · el σαστισμένος (bewildered) · io perplexa (confused or puzzled) · sh nesiguran (bewildered) · ug ھەيران (confused or puzzled)