Both Uses
perplex
in
Cujo
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- He was looking at her closely, and his expression was so honestly perplexed that she felt a wave of her own despair.†
*perplexed = confused or puzzled
- That line had seemed funny and perplexing to her then, but she thought she understood it now.†
perplexing = confusing due to complexity
Definitions:
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(1)
(perplex) to confuse
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)