perplexed
Use the adjective perplexed to describe someone who is utterly baffled or confused. If you've ever studied for the wrong test and been surprised and confused by the exam in front of you, you've been perplexed.
There's a particular bewildered kind of facial expression that goes along with the word perplexed. It's the kind of emotion that's hard to disguise. The Latin root perplexus means "confused or entangled," and "entangled" is a great way to imagine the tangled thoughts and confusion of someone who's perplexed.
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full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment“perplexed language”“perplexed state of the world”
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Synonyms:
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confused
mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
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at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled
filled with bewilderment
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at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
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metagrabolised, metagrabolized, metagrobolised, metagrobolized, mystified
totally perplexed and mixed up
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questioning, quizzical
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
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stuck
baffled
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Antonyms:
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unperplexed
experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
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unbaffled, unconfused
not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements
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confused
Vocabulary lists containing perplexed
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