Associations to the word «Perplex»

Wiktionary

PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
PERPLEX, adjective. (obsolete) intricate; difficult

Dictionary definition

PERPLEX, verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me".
PERPLEX, verb. Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats