Synonyms for
Perplexed
Definition
Perplexed means confused and not sure how to react or understand something.
Synonyms & similar words
complicate
simplify
mystify
stick
gravel
vex
unperplexed
baffle
stupefy
flummox
beat
amaze
get
puzzle
pose
dumbfound
bewilder
nonplus
perplex
confused
baffled
bewildered
mystified
puzzled
troubled
flustered
disconcerted
discombobulated
nonplussed
stumped
uncertain
unsure
ambiguous
complex
complicated
difficult
knotty
involved
problematic
Example sentences
- The math problem left me perplexed.
- She was perplexed by the strange noises outside her window.
- The directions for the game were so perplexing, we gave up trying to play.
- He looked perplexed when he saw the broken vase.
- The new student was perplexed by the school's schedule.
Quotes
'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); 'now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off.) 'Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, 'or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.' - Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
I was perplexed to see how quickly the liberties of the people were swallowed up by the claims of the government. - Andrew Jackson
The success of whatever is left of the free market will depend on finding policies that are not only effective in promoting efficiency, but are politically feasible. This is a perplexing challenge. - Joseph Stiglitz