All 7 Uses of
perplex
in
Lonesome Dove
- The quick glimpse of Lorena put Dish in such perplexity of spirit that he could hardly focus on the question.†
Chpt 3-4perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- But when Pea's name was added there was a lot of discussion about it, and around that time Deets developed a tremendous case of the sulks—unlike him and perplexing to Call.†
Chpt 7-8perplexing = confusing due to complexity
- The whole business was perplexing, but he couldn't just stand around and wonder about it.†
Chpt 9-10 *
- "You beat any woman I ever saw for taking the starch out of a man," he said, a little perplexed.†
Chpt 87-88perplexed = confused or puzzled
- WHEN SALLY AND BETSEY asked her questions about her past, Lorena was perplexed.†
Chpt 91-92
- "Woodrow don't like to admit that he's like the rest of us," Augustus said, seeing the boy's perplexity.†
Chpt 93-94perplexity = confusion due to complexity
- Call was perplexed.†
Chpt 101-102perplexed = confused or puzzled
Definition:
to confuse