All 6 Uses of
perplex
in
Catch-22
- Colonel Cargill, in Rome, was perplexed.†
Chpt 4perplexed = confused or puzzled
- To American authorities his identity was equally perplexing; a whole regiment of crack C.I.D. men had been thrown into the front lines to find out who he was, while a battalion of combat-hardened public-relations officers stood on red alert twenty-four hours a day with orders to begin publicizing him the moment he was located.†
Chpt 13perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- 'I still can't hear you,' Aarfy called back innocently with an expression of mild and reproving perplexity.†
Chpt 15 *perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- It was all very perplexing, all very discouraging.†
Chpt 19perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- General Dreedle's great, red domineering face was gnarled with perplexity and oaken with awesome resolution.†
Chpt 21perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- He scrutinized the chaplain perplexedly.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
to confuse