Associations to the word «Perplex»
Noun
- Puzzle
- Learner
- Pose
- Cube
- Wit
- Candy
- Reader
- Monarch
- Jest
- Gloom
- Confusion
- Bother
- Ill
- Understanding
- Mankind
- Mind
- Dash
- Mystery
- Trouble
- Question
- Remark
- Difficulty
- Circumstance
- Inquiry
- Worry
- Philosopher
- Brain
- Doubt
- Napoleon
- Counsel
- Lover
- Fear
- Affection
- Dispute
- Affair
- Grammar
- Thing
- Sense
- Distinction
- Necessity
- Opinion
- Problem
- Nor
- Judgment
- Conversation
- Nature
- Reality
- Regard
- Reason
- Thought
- Exercise
- Wisdom
- Reflection
- Murray
- Answer
Adjective
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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.