Perplexed Meaning
/pɚˈplɛkst/, /pəˈplɛkst/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjConfused or puzzled.
"The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery."
"She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'""— 1963, James Clavell, The Children's Story, unnumbered page:
adjBewildered.
adjEntangled; labyrinthine.
""[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?""— 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto:
verbsimple past and past participle of perplex
Sentence Examples
The problem perplexed him.
He was utterly perplexed.
We were perplexed by the crossword puzzle clue.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The student was ____ by the complex math problem and could not find the answer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The student looked ____ when the teacher asked a question that had no obvious answer.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The student was ____ by the complex math problem and could not find the answer.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The student looked ____ when the teacher asked a question that had no obvious answer.