All 11 Uses of
perplex
in
Wuthering Heights
- I've had many a laugh at her perplexities and untold troubles, which she vainly strove to hide from my mockery.†
Chpt 8 *
- 'We're dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to perplex us.†
Chpt 9
- My surprise and perplexity were great on discovering, by touch more than vision, Miss Isabella's springer, Fanny, suspended by a handkerchief, and nearly at its last gasp.†
Chpt 12
- I did not feel as if I were in the company of a creature of my own species: it appeared that he would not understand, though I spoke to him; so I stood off, and held my tongue, in great perplexity.†
Chpt 15
- I used to draw a comparison between him and Hindley Earnshaw, and perplex myself to explain satisfactorily why their conduct was so opposite in similar circumstances.†
Chpt 17
- 'My father!' he cried, in strange perplexity.†
Chpt 20
- Before we reached home, Catherine's displeasure softened into a perplexed sensation of pity and regret, largely blended with vague, uneasy doubts about Linton's actual circumstances, physical and social: in which I partook, though I counselled her not to say much; for a second journey would make us better judges.†
Chpt 26
- 'And he spoke to me,' she added, with a perplexed countenance.†
Chpt 34
- I felt perplexed: I didn't know whether it were not a proper opportunity to offer a bit of admonition.†
Chpt 34
- Having swept the hearth and wiped the table, I departed; more perplexed than ever.†
Chpt 34
- Mr. Kenneth was perplexed to pronounce of what disorder the master died.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse