Verb: perplex pu(r)'pleks
- Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
"These questions perplex even the experts";
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
- Make more complicated
"There was a new development that perplexed the matter";
- complicate
Derived forms: perplexing, perplexed, perplexes
Type of: affect, alter, bear on, bear upon, change, impact, modify
Encyclopedia: Perplex