The well documented violent nature of humanity is rather perplexing at first until one realizes that humans are merely slightly more intelligent animals.
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Perplexing
//pɚˈplɛksɪŋ//
Synonyms for "perplexing" (58 found)
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8 translations across 4 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dolaşdıran adj (that causes perplexity)
- karıxdıran adj (that causes perplexity)
- çaş-baş edən adj (that causes perplexity)
- çaşdıran adj (that causes perplexity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- объркващ adj (that causes perplexity)
- смущаващ adj (that causes perplexity)
Latin
1 entries- perplexus adj (that causes perplexity)
Spanish
1 entries- perplejizante adj (that causes perplexity)
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13 total sentences available.
Sami asked Layla a perplexing question.
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Tom asked me a perplexing question.
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Tom asked several perplexing questions.
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