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.†
p. 47.7 *perplexities = things that confuse
- 'We're dismal enough without conjuring up ghosts and visions to perplex us.†
p. 57.2
- 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.†
p. 94.3perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- 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.†
p. 117.4
- 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.†
p. 134.3
- 'My father!' he cried, in strange perplexity.†
p. 148.5perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- 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.†
p. 192.0perplexed = confused or puzzled
- 'And he spoke to me,' she added, with a perplexed countenance.†
p. 237.3
- I felt perplexed: I didn't know whether it were not a proper opportunity to offer a bit of admonition.†
p. 237.7
- Having swept the hearth and wiped the table, I departed; more perplexed than ever.†
p. 239.0
- Mr. Kenneth was perplexed to pronounce of what disorder the master died.†
p. 244.4
Definition:
to confuse