Perplexity

//pəɹˈplɛksəti//

Synonyms for "perplexity" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Strong matches (46)

Related words (76)

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is a

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related to

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Translations

36 translations across 24 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • обърканост noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • смущение noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 困惑 noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • 茫然 noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • 迷惘 noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Dutch

3 entries
  • verbijstering noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • verwardheid noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • verwarring noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hämmennys noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • hämmentyneisyys noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

French

1 entries
  • perplexité noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Galician

1 entries
  • perplexidade noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

German

1 entries
  • Perplexität noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Greek

1 entries
  • σύγχυση noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מבוכה noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Irish

1 entries
  • aincheas noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Italian

1 entries
  • perplessità noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 困惑 noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • 当惑 noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • абыржушылық noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Latin

1 entries
  • perplexitās noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Māori

3 entries
  • mangangatanga noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • rapeka noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • raumaharatanga noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • شاشقینلق noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Persian

1 entries
  • سرگشتگی noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Polish

1 entries
  • ambaras noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Romanian

1 entries
  • perplexitate noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Russian

2 entries
  • замеша́тельство noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • расте́рянность noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • लोभ noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Spanish

1 entries
  • perplejidad noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kararsızlık noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • çekimserlik noun (state or quality of being perplexed)
  • şaşkınlık noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • زالالەت noun (state or quality of being perplexed)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

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He laughed heartily at my perplexity.

Source: tatoeba (6957852)

He attempted his door; it was locked on the outside; and his perplexity and anxiety became extreme, when suddenly the lock was turned, and in an underdress, hastily assumed in the moment of alarm, her hair streaming on her shoulders, her eyes gleaming betwixt fear and resolution, Alice Bridgenorth rushed into his apartment, and seized his hand with the fervent exclamation, “Julian, save my father!”

Source: tatoeba (11744957)

I use your extension on Perplexity, that is my main search engine now.

Source: tatoeba (12498262)

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