Meanings
adjectiveperplexing (comparative more perplexing, superlative most perplexing)
comparative more perplexing · superlative most perplexing
- That causes perplexity.
utterly perplexing
4 more examples
perplexing question
perplexing problem
The detective faced a perplexing mystery.
She found the instructions perplexing.
Synonyms: baffling, confusing, puzzling, bewildering
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of perplex
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat causes perplexity.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian объркващ, смущаващ
- объркващ (obărkvašt)that causes perplexity
- смущаващ (smuštavašt)that causes perplexity
Latin perplexus
- perplexusthat causes perplexity
Spanish perplejizante
- perplejizantethat causes perplexity
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“perplexing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perplexing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perplexing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perplexing.
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