perplex

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per·plex / pərˈpleks/ • v. [tr.] (often be perplexed) (of something complicated or unaccountable) cause (someone) to feel completely baffled: she was perplexed by her husband's moodiness | [as adj.] (perplexing) a perplexing problem. ∎ dated complicate or confuse (a matter): they were perplexing a subject plain in itself.DERIVATIVES: per·plex·ed·ly / -ˈpleksidlē/ adv.per·plex·ing·ly adv.

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