adj.

1. Filled with confusion or bewilderment; puzzled.
2. Full of complications or difficulty; involved.

[Middle English, from perplex, confused, from Old French perplexe, from Latin perplexus : per-, per- + plexus, past participle of plectere, to entwine.]

perplexedly per·plex'ed·ly (-plĕk'sĭd-lē) adv.

adjective

Mentally uncertain: addled, addlepated, confounded, confused, confusional, muddle-headed, turbid. Informal mixed-up. See clear/unclear.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
  Antonym: unperplexed (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forvirret, indviklet

Nederlands (Dutch)
perplex, gecompliceerd, verstrengeld

Français (French)
adj. - perplexe

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verwirrt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σαστισμένος, σε αμηχανία

Italiano (Italian)
perplesso, stupito, confuso, incerto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perplexo, confuso, perturbado

Русский (Russian)
озадаченный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perplejo, desconcertado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förbryllad, rådlös, trasslig, invecklad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
困惑的, 不知所措的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 困惑的, 不知所措的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 난처한, 어찌할 바를 모르는, 당황한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 当惑した, 込み入った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متحير, حيران, مرتبك, مشوش الذهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבולבל, נבוך, מסובך‬

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