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perplex

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of perplex

1 to make complex or difficult

let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns

Synonyms of perplex

complex, complexify, complicate, embarrass, entangle, sophisticate

Words Related to perplex

develop, elaborate, expand

intensify, magnify

confound, confuse, mess (up), mix (up), muddle

Near Antonyms of perplex

abbreviate, cut, shorten

ease, facilitate

disentangle, straighten (out), unravel, untangle

Antonyms of perplex

simplify, streamline

2 to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

the question perplexed me

Synonyms of perplex

addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, pose, puzzle, vex

Words Related to perplex

stick, stump, weird out

abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset

beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick

Phrases Synonymous with perplex

blow one's mind, go to one's head

Near Antonyms of perplex

assure, reassure, satisfy

enlighten, inform

Synonym Discussion of perplex

puzzle, perplex, bewilder, distract, nonplus, confound, dumbfound mean to baffle and disturb mentally. puzzle implies existence of a problem difficult to solve.

- the persistent fever puzzled the doctor

perplex adds a suggestion of worry and uncertainty especially about making a necessary decision.

- a behavior that perplexed her friends

bewilder stresses a confusion of mind that hampers clear and decisive thinking.

- a bewildering number of possibilities

distract implies agitation or uncertainty induced by conflicting preoccupations or interests.

- distracted by personal problems

nonplus implies a bafflement that makes orderly planning or deciding impossible.

- the remark left us utterly nonplussed

confound implies temporary mental paralysis caused by astonishment or profound abasement.

- the tragic news confounded us all

dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound.

- was at first too dumbfounded to reply

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