perplexity
11perplexity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English perplexite, from Middle French perplexité, from Late Latin perplexitat , perplexitas, from Latin perplexus Date: 14th century 1. the state of being perplexed ; bewilderment 2. something that perplexes… …
12perplexity — /peuhr plek si tee/, n., pl. perplexities. 1. the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty. 2. something that perplexes: a case plagued with perplexities. 3. a tangled, involved, or confused condition or situation. [1350 1400; ME… …
13perplexity — noun /pəˈplɛksɪti,pəɻˈplɛksədi/ a) The state or quality of being perplexed; puzzled or confused. b) Something that perplexes …
14perplexity — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, amorphousness, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, befuddlement, bewilderment, bind, bother, botheration, brain twister, catch 22, chaos, cloud, complexity, complexness, complication,… …
15perplexity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Uncertainty based on doubt] Syn. bewilderment, confusion, quandary; see doubt 2 , uncertainty 2 . 2. [Difficulty causing uncertainty] Syn. complication, crisis, emergency; see difficulty 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1 …
16perplexity — per|plex|i|ty [pəˈpleksıti US pər ] n plural perplexities 1.) [U] the feeling of being confused or worried by something you cannot understand 2.) [C usually plural] something that is complicated or difficult to understand ▪ moral perplexities …
17perplexity — per plex·i·ty || pÉ™r pleksÉ™tɪ /pÉ™ n. confusion; complication; bafflement …
18perplexity — n. 1. Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution, unintelligibility, entanglement. 2. Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment. 3.… …
19perplexity — noun 1 (U) the feeling of being confused or worried by something you cannot understand 2 (countable usually plural) something that is complicated or difficult to understand: moral perplexities …
20perplexity — n 1. bewilderment, bafflement, astonishment; mystification, confoundment, puzzlement, puzzledness, incomprehension; stupefaction, distraction, unhingement, disconcertment, discomfiture, discomposure, embarrassment, chagrin, abashment,… …
