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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: perplex (0.02188 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to perplex.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: perplex membingungkan, mempercengangkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: perplex perplex v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; “This beats me!”; “Got me--I don't know the answer!”; “a vexing problem”; “This question really stuck me” [syn: vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound] 2: make more complicated; “There was a new development that complicated the matter” [syn: complicate] [ant: simplify]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Perplex Perplex \Per*plex"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perplexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Perplexing.] [L. perplexari. See Perplex, a.] 1. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. [1913 Webster] No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope. [1913 Webster] What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. “Perplexd beyond self-explication.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv. 8. [1913 Webster] We can distinguish no general truths, or at least shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle; bewilder; confuse; distract. See Embarrass. [1913 Webster] Perplex \Per*plex"\, a. [L. perplexus entangled, intricate; per + plectere, plexum, to plait, braid: cf. F. perplexe. See Per-, and Plait.] Intricate; difficult. [Obs.] --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]

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