perplexed

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: pərplĕkstʹ, IPA^(key): /pɚˈplɛkst/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pəplĕkstʹ, IPA^(key): /pəˈplɛkst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkst
• Hyphenation: per‧plexed

Adjective

perplexed (comparative more perplexed, superlative most perplexed)

1. Confused or puzzled.

   The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.

2. Bewildered.
3. (obsolete) Entangled; labyrinthine.
   • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto:

     " […] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […] " "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"

Translations

confused or puzzled

• Bulgarian: объркан (bg) (obǎrkan), смутен (bg) (smuten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷惘 (zh) (míwǎng)

• Dutch: perplex (nl)
• Esperanto: perpleksa
• Finnish: ymmällään (fi), hämmentynyt (fi)
• French: perplexe (fr)
• German: perplex (de), verdutzt (de)
• Greek: μπερδεμένος (el) (berdeménos)
• Ido: perplexa (io)
• Italian: perplesso (it)
• Japanese: 困った (komatta), 当惑した (tōwaku shita)
• Macedonian: збу́нет (zbúnet)
• Maori: pōhēhē, pōkeka
• Polish: zakłopotany (pl) m, zmieszany (pl) m
• Portuguese: perplexo (pt)
• Russian: недоумённый (ru) (nedoumjónnyj), недоумева́ющий (ru) (nedoumevájuščij)
• Sanskrit: मुग्ध (sa) (mugdha)
• Serbo-Croatian: zbunjen (sh) m
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: perplejo (es)

bewildered

• Bulgarian: озадачен (bg) (ozadačen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷惘 (zh) (míwǎng)

• Finnish: ymmällään (fi), hämmentynyt (fi)
• German: verblüfft (de)
• Greek: σαστισμένος (el) (sastisménos)
• Macedonian: збу́нет (zbúnet), ста́писан (stápisan)
• Maori: pōkeka
• Marsian: pōhēhē
• Russian: ошеломлённый (ru) (ošelomljónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: zbunjen (sh) m, nesiguran (sh) m, izgubljen m

Verb

perplexed

1. simple past and past participle of perplex