What does PERPLEX mean? - What is the meaning of perplex? Learn English with Misterduncan
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You know I love introducing new English words to you and today is no exception.
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Today's word is - 'Perplex'. The word perplex is a verb, which means to cause someone
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to feel completely baffled or confused. ''Are you trying to perplex me with your nonsense?''
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To say or do something that makes no sense might leave a person feeling perplexed.
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''His behaviour left me perplexed.'' One person can perplex another
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with a confusing statement or a hard to answer question. ''His statement was full
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of perplexing thoughts.'' A person's odd or peculiar behaviour can be perplexing.
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'Perplex' is the verb. 'Perplexed' and 'Perplexing' are the adjectives. The person causing
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the confusion is the 'perplexer'. This is the noun for (of) 'perplex'.
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There is also the noun 'Perplexity', which is the inability to deal with something
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complicated. As a countable noun
'perplexities' names a confusing or
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baffling situation. ''The perplexities of a
long-distance relationship.'' The origin of
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'perplex' comes from the Latin word for
entangle. P E R P L E X perplex.
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