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    perplexing
    /pəˈplɛksɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. completely baffling; very puzzling: "a perplexing problem"

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  2. Perplexing means confusing, often because you do not know how to solve something. Learn more about this adjective, its pronunciation, and its translations in different languages.

  3. Perplex means to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. Perplexing means difficult to understand or causing confusion. See examples of perplexing in sentences, synonyms, word history, and related entries.

  5. Perplex means to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something. It can also mean to make intricate or involved. See synonyms, examples, word history and more.

  6. Perplexing means making you confused or worried because you do not understand something. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation, and pictures from Oxford University Press.

  7. perplexing. The adjective perplexing describes something it is confusing. Before you're fluent in Arabic, you may find the unfamiliar alphabet to be totally perplexing. The Latin root of perplexing is perplexus, which means involved, confused, or intricate. This root is also found in the verb perplex, or confuse.

  8. Perplexing means causing confusion or uncertainty, or making something complicated. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of this word, as well as related terms like mystify, bewilder, and puzzle.