Synonyms for perplexed
pərˈplɛkstper·plexed

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1. perplexedadjective

   full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment

   "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

   Antonyms:
   unconfused, unperplexed, unbaffled

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1. perplexedadjective

   Synonyms:
   bewildered, confused, puzzled, disconcerted

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1. List of paraphrases for "perplexed":

   puzzled, bewildered, boggled, confused, stumped, baffled

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How to use perplexed in a sentence?

1. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   When your focus is perplexed And you know you are right You are the fairest and cutest With all of your might.

2. Masaki Ishikawa:

   The current situation has us a little bit perplexed and confused why such speculation is still being voiced.

3. Dick Cavett:

   I'm perplexed when people adopt the modish abbreviation Ms., which doesn't abbreviate anything except common sense.

4. Robert Louis Stevenson:

   Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

5. Nick Pope:

   None of this detracts from the fact that they provide a valuable service to UFO witnesses, with field investigators looking into the sightings, sometimes turning up a conventional explanation and other times simply giving perplexed witnesses someone with whom to engage.