Found 3 items, similar to perplex.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: perplex
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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.
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No artful wildness to perplex the scene. --Pope.
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What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard
for our weak parts, will lie open to the
understanding in a fair view. --Locke.
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2. To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to
confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
“Perplexd beyond self-explication.” --Shak.
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We are perplexed, but not in despair. --2 Cor. iv.
8.
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We can distinguish no general truths, or at least
shall be apt to perplex the mind. --Locke.
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3. To plague; to vex; to tormen. --Glanvill.
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Syn: To entangle; involve; complicate; embarrass; puzzle;
bewilder; confuse; distract. See
Embarrass.
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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.
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