perplexity
61maze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. labyrinth, network; bewilderment, perplexity. See disorder, convolution, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tangle, entanglement, twist, labyrinth, winding, convolution, intricacy, confusion,… …
62muddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confusion, mess, disorder, befuddlement. See absurdity. muddle through II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Confusion] Syn. confusion, mess, jumble; see confusion 2 . 2. [Difficulty] Syn. perplexity, quandary,… …
63mystery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. secret, enigma, puzzle, cabala; rite, sacrament. See concealment, latency, obscurity, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being mysterious] Syn. inscrutability, inscrutableness,… …
64predicament — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, quandary, fix, spot (inf.), corner, dilemma, mess, scrape, crisis, emergency. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quandary, plight, dilemma, strait, puzzle, perplexity,… …
65quandary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dilemma, plight, perplexity, bewilderment. See doubt, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dilemma, plight, puzzle, perplexity; see difficulty 1 , 2 , predicament . See Synonym Study at predicament .… …
66riddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conundrum, enigma, puzzle; problem, poser. See secret, difficulty, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A difficult problem] Syn. problem, puzzle, question, knotty question, doubt, quandary,… …
67confusion — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of confusing] Syn. obscuring, blurring, mixing up, upsetting, disturbing, embarrassing, discomfiting, abashing, agitating, addling, fuddling, miscalculation, miscalcuLating, befuddling, tangling, mixing, cluttering,… …
68embarrassment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The condition of being embarrassed] Syn. confusion, chagrin, mortification, discomfiture, shame, humiliation, abashment, discomposure, discomfort, disconcertment, disconcertion, bashfulness, self consciousness, shyness,… …
69stupefaction — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. astonishment, amazement, surprise, perplexity; see stupor , wonder 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A stunned or bewildered condition: befuddle ment, bewilderedness, bewilderment, daze, dis combobulation, fog, muddle,… …
70bewilderment — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. confusion, puzzlement, befuddlement, perplexity, mystification, bafflement, *discombobulation. ANT.: understanding, clear headedness, lucidity II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A stunned or bewildered condition:… …
