Dictionary Entry

perplex

perplex is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses

Definitions

1adjective
To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.
2adjective
To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety.
3adjective
To plague; to vex; to tormen.
4adjective
Intricate; difficult.
5verb
make more complicated
"There was a new development that complicated the matter"
Synonyms
complicate
6verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don't know the answer!"
Synonyms
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Synonyms

complicate amaze baffle beat bewilder dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus pose puzzle stick stupefy vex

Common word forms

perplexed perplexer perplexes perplexing perplexity perplexable perplexment

Words from these letters

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