Synonyms for perplex
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
Related words
- Word family
- perplexion perplexly perplexed perplexedness perplexing perplexity
- Phrases
- perplex number
Forms
- Past participle
- perplexed
e.g. perplexed → bewildered, mystified, confounded, baffled…
Example sentences
- baffle Ziri's disappearance continues to baffle everybody.
- complicate Don't complicate the problem by raising new issues.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| perplex | steady | |
| baffle | falling | |
| confound | rising | |
| mystify | rising | |
| bewilder | steady | |
| complicate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1
- 4 letters
- beat1
- 5 letters
- worry2, beset2
- 6 letters
- bother2, harass2, baffle2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, confuse2, disturb2, mystify3, perturb2, fluster2
- 8 letters
- distress2, distract2, confound2, entangle3, bewilder3, befuddle3
- 9 letters
- embarrass3
- 10 letters
- complicate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).