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Definition

to confuse

perplexed = confused

perplexed = puzzled

perplexed = confused

they were perplexing to reflect upon,—insoluble mysteries both.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

perplexing = confusing

perplexes = confuses

perplexing = confusing due to complexity

perplexed = confused or puzzled

Phoebe loved no riddles, and would have been glad to escape the perplexity of this one.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables

perplexity = confusion due to complexity

perplexing = confusing due to complexity

Jason continued to appear perplexed and said, "I really don't know what you are talking about."
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift

perplexed = confused or puzzled

perplexed = confused or puzzled

When I woke in the morning, I was hungry, but I did not think first of my hunger for my heart was perplexed and confused.
Stephen Vincent Benét -- By the Waters of Babylon

perplexed = confused

...mystic and marvelous surprises that will entrance, delight, intrigue, astonish, and perplex you beyond measure.
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

perplex = confuse

He was a little country boy, and this village was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.
Willa Cather -- O Pioneers!

perplexing = confusing

perplexed = confused

perplexed = confused or puzzled

You see, it perplexed me that the Divergent were immune to the serum that I developed,
Veronica Roth -- Divergent

perplexed = confused

Here, Master Doctor, in perplexity and doubtful dilemma.
William Shakespeare -- The Merry Wives of Windsor

perplexity = confusion due to complexity

Thorolf looked at Christopher, perplexed.
Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna

perplexed = confused or puzzled

Then as is the nature of folk that are thoroughly perplexed, they began to grumble at the hobbit, blaming him for what had at first so pleased them:
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

perplexed = confused or puzzled

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