Perplex

/pɚˈplɛks/

Synonyms for "perplex" (304 found)

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degree of perplexitylevels of perplexityperplexing problemperplexity indexperplexity measure

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"Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"

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What was thought obscure, perplexed, and too hard for our weak parts, will lie open to the understanding in a fair view.

Source: wiktionary

The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; […]

Source: wiktionary

Chloe's the wonder of her sex, 'Tis well her heart is tender, How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her.

Source: wiktionary

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