About The Word Perplexity

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Perplexity

Perplexity Meaning & Definition
Perplexity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perplexity?

[n] trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perplexity:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perplexity: amorphousness | baffle | bafflement | baffling problem | befuddlement | bewilderment | bind | bother | botheration | brain twister | catch-22 | chaos | Chinese puzzle | cloud | complexity | complexness | complication | confoundment | confusion | convolution | crabbedness | crossword puzzle | crux | dark | darkness | daze | difficulty | dilemma | discombobulation | discomfiture | discomposure | disconcert | disconcertedness | disconcertion | disconcertment | disorder | disorganization | disorientation | distress | disturbance | doubt | embarrassment | enigma | enigmatic question | entanglement | fix | floorer | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | fogginess | frenzy | fuddle | fuddlement | fuzziness | Gordian knot | haze | impenetrability | indeterminateness | indistinctness | intricacy | intricateness | involution | involvement | jam | jigsaw puzzle | jumble | knot | knotty point | maze | mess | mind-boggler | mist | mistiness | muddle | muddlement | mumbo jumbo | murk | murkiness | mystery | mystification | node | nodus | nonplus | nut to crack | obfuscation | obscurantism | obscuration | obscurity | opacity | oxymoron | paradox | perplexed question | perturbation | pickle | plight | pons asinorum | poser | pother | predicament | problem | pucker | puzzle | puzzlement | puzzler | quandary | question | question mark | ramification | reconditeness | riddle | ruffle | scrape | shapelessness | shuffle | sixty-four dollar question | stew | sticker | stumper | subtlety | sweat | swivet | tanglement | teaser | technicality | tizzy | tough proposition | unassuredness | unclarity | unclearness | unplainness | unsettlement | upset | vagueness | vexed question | why

See Also | closed book | confusion | dilemma | disarray | enigma | maze | mental confusion | mystery | quandary | secret | snarl | tangle

Perplexity In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*plex"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Perplexities}. [L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexit['e].] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. --Milton.

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