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perplexingcausing someone to feel completely baffled or confused

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: causing someone to feel completely baffled or confused

Pronunciation (IPA): /pərˈpleksɪŋ/

Korean meaning: 당황스러운, 어리둥절한, 헷갈리는

Korean pronunciation: 퍼**플렉**싱

Example Sentences

  • The magician's perplexing trick left the audience scratching their heads for hours.
  • It's perplexing how my socks always disappear in the washing machine.
  • The perplexing exam questions made even the best students doubt themselves.

perplexing

ADJECTIVE

//pərˈpleksɪŋ//

causing someone to feel completely baffled or confused

perplexing concept
💡 Concept

A perplexing student surrounded by floating question marks in classroom

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perplexing rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The perplexing puzzle leaves minds intersecting and reflecting—where all paths meet, selecting becomes impossible

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/pərˈpleksɪŋ/
🇬🇧 UK/pəˈpleksɪŋ/

🌳Etymology

Prefixper--
Rootplex
Suffix--ing

Origin

From Latin perplexus, meaning 'entangled' or 'confused'. The word literally described something so twisted together that it couldn't be untangled.

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🎵Rhyme

vexingflexinghexing
vexing
flexing
hexing

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The magician's perplexing trick left the audience scratching their heads for hours.

😄 Fun example

It's perplexing how my socks always disappear in the washing machine.

The perplexing exam questions made even the best students doubt themselves.

His perplexing explanation only made the simple concept more complicated.

😄 Fun example

The perplexing menu was written in five different languages, none of which I understood.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

puzzlingconfusingbafflingbewilderingmystifying

Antonyms

clearobviousstraightforward

Related

perplexperplexedperplexitypuzzleconfuse