Perplexity - English meaning

Perplexity – definitions in English dictionary

noun
Inability to deal with or understand something.
Usage examples:
She paused in perplexity
Synonims:
Confusion Bewilderment Puzzlement Bafflement Incomprehension Lack of comprehension Mystification Bemusement Befuddlement Quandary Nonplus Bamboozlement Discombobulation Disconcertion Disconce
noun
An entangled state.
Usage examples:
The dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth

noun
A state of confusion or a complicated and difficult situation or thing
Usage examples:
She stared at the instruction booklet in complete perplexity., the perplexities of life

Perplexity translation into English

Perplexity: translate from English into Chinese

困惑, 进退两难, 爽然

Perplexity: translate from English into Dutch

Verbijstering, Verwarring, Benardheid, Penarie, Hinder, Knelpunt

Perplexity: translate from English into French

Perplexité, Embarras, Complexité, Embrouillage

Perplexity: translate from English into German

Verwirrung, Verlegenheit, Bestürzung, Verblüffung, Verworrenheit

Perplexity: translate from English into Hindi

विकलता, व्यग्रता, उलझन, हैरानी, परेशानी, बाधा, व्याकुलता, स्र्कावट, हैरत, हैरानी या व्‍याकुलता के कारण

Perplexity: translate from English into Italian

Perplessità, Complicazione

Perplexity: translate from English into Korean

당황, 당혹, 난처한 일

Perplexity: translate from English into Russian

Недоумение, Растерянность, Замешательство, Смущение, Затруднение, Дилемма, Сильное ощущение

Perplexity: translate from English into Spanish

Perplejidad, Confusión

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused’ (see perplex).

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Perplexity – similar words

perplexed

adjective
Completely baffled; very puzzled.
Usage examples:
She gave him a perplexed look

verb
Make (someone) feel completely baffled.
Usage examples:
She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

adjective
Confused, because something is difficult to understand or solve
Usage examples:
The students looked perplexed, so the teacher tried to explain once again., police were perplexed b…

Perplexed - all meanings in English

perplex

pəˈpleks

verb
Make (someone) feel completely baffled.
Usage examples:
She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb
To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood
Usage examples:
The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb
To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve
Usage examples:
The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

Perplex - all meanings in English

Perplexity synonims

bafflement

noun
A feeling of total bewilderment or perplexity.
Usage examples:
Most people experience a sense of bafflement about how anyone could carry out such a heinous deed

noun
The condition of being completely unable to understand or explain something
Usage examples:
Several companies expressed bafflement at sudden scrutiny by the government., many people prefer to…

Bafflement - all meanings in English

bamboozlement

noun
A state of deception or mystification.
Usage examples:
Wave after wave of bamboozlement is in store as these stories unfold

Bamboozlement - all meanings in English

bemusement

noun
The fact or condition of being bemused; puzzlement.
Usage examples:
We turned to each other in utter bemusement

noun
The state of being bemused (= slightly confused)
Usage examples:
He scratched his head in bemusement as the figures were read out.

Bemusement - all meanings in English

bewilderment

bɪˈwɪl.də.mənt

noun
A feeling of being perplexed and confused.
Usage examples:
The three of them looked at him in bewilderment

noun
Confusion
Usage examples:
A state of bewilderment, as he walked through the door, she stared at him in utter bewilderment.

Bewilderment - all meanings in English

confusion

noun
Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.
Usage examples:
There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun
A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder
Usage examples:
[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

Confusion - all meanings in English

discombobulation

noun
The fact of being made to feel confused or uncomfortable by something
Usage examples:
He showed his discombobulation by not being sure whether to sarcastically congratulate his rival or…

Discombobulation - all meanings in English

incomprehension

noun
Failure to understand something.
Usage examples:
They gave him a look of complete incomprehension

noun
A person's failure or inability to understand something
Usage examples:
She stared at him in total incomprehension., a look of blank incomprehension

Incomprehension - all meanings in English

mystification

noun
The state of feeling very confused because someone or something is impossible to understand
Usage examples:
And then, to the audience's mystification, the band suddenly stopped playing.

Mystification - all meanings in English

nonplus

verb
Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.
Usage examples:
Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun
A state of being very surprised and confused.
Usage examples:
Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

Nonplus - all meanings in English

puzzlement

noun
A feeling of confusion through lack of understanding.
Usage examples:
News reports expressed puzzlement over the crime

noun
A state of confusion because you do not understand something

Puzzlement - all meanings in English

quandary

noun
A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
Usage examples:
Kate was in a quandary

noun
A state of not being able to decide what to do about a situation in which you are involved
Usage examples:
I’ve had two job offers, and i’m in a real quandary about/over which one to accept.

Quandary - all meanings in English

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