Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perplex
Participle: perplexed
Gerund: perplexing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perplex |
| you | perplex |
| he;she;it | perplexes |
| we | perplex |
| you | perplex |
| they | perplex |
Perfect
| I | have perplexed |
| you | have perplexed |
| he;she;it | has perplexed |
| we | have perplexed |
| you | have perplexed |
| they | have perplexed |
Past
| I | perplexed |
| you | perplexed |
| he;she;it | perplexed |
| we | perplexed |
| you | perplexed |
| they | perplexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had perplexed |
| you | had perplexed |
| he;she;it | had perplexed |
| we | had perplexed |
| you | had perplexed |
| they | had perplexed |
Future
| I | will perplex |
| you | will perplex |
| he;she;it | will perplex |
| we | will perplex |
| you | will perplex |
| they | will perplex |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perplexed |
| you | will have perplexed |
| he;she;it | will have perplexed |
| we | will have perplexed |
| you | will have perplexed |
| they | will have perplexed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perplex |
| you | perplex |
| he;she;it | perplex |
| we | perplex |
| you | perplex |
| they | perplex |
Perfect
| I | have perplexed |
| you | have perplexed |
| he;she;it | have perplexed |
| we | have perplexed |
| you | have perplexed |
| they | have perplexed |
Imperfect
| I | perplexed |
| you | perplexed |
| he;she;it | perplexed |
| we | perplexed |
| you | perplexed |
| they | perplexed |
Pluperfect
| I | had perplexed |
| you | had perplexed |
| he;she;it | had perplexed |
| we | had perplexed |
| you | had perplexed |
| they | had perplexed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perplex |
| you | would perplex |
| he;she;it | would perplex |
| we | would perplex |
| you | would perplex |
| they | would perplex |
Perfect
| I | would have perplexed |
| you | would have perplexed |
| he;she;it | would have perplexed |
| we | would have perplexed |
| you | would have perplexed |
| they | would have perplexed |
Imperative
| you | perplex |
| we | Let's perplex |
| you | perplex |
Verbs conjugated like 'perplex'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'perplex'
people,
purple,
unperplex,
amplex,
complex,
deflex,
duplex,
ferule,
hirple,
hyperflex,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to render someone less able to understand
- baffle, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, dumbfound, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, jumble, knot, puzzle
- To make intricate or complicated.
- complicate
- confuse
- bewilder, confound, mystify, puzzle
- encumber
- complicate, confuse, entangle, involve, snarl, tangle
- annoy
- bother, discourage, disturb, hamper, harass, trouble, vex
Antonyms
- annoy
- please, appease, gratify, soothe
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin perplexus (“entangled, confused”), from per (“through”) + plexus, perfect passive participle of plectō (“plait, weave, braid”).
Sample Sentences
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I wake, of course, when we get under weigh, for there is a good deal of noise. The day is then just breaking. Everybody wakes at the same time. Some are self-possessed directly, and some are much perplexed to make out where they are until they have rubbed their eyes, and leaning on one elbow, looked about them. Some yawn, some groan, nearly all spit, and a few get up. I am among the risers: for it [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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We crossed this river by a wooden bridge, roofed and covered in on all sides, and nearly a mile in length. It was profoundly dark; perplexed, with great beams, crossing and recrossing it at every possible angle; and through the broad chinks and crevices in the floor, the rapid river gleamed, far down below, like a legion of eyes. We had [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] an instinctive perception that she was more in his heart than any other. She loved her mother because she was so loving a creature, and all the selfishness that she had seen in her only saddened and perplexed her; for she had a child's implicit trust that her mother could not do wrong. There was something about her that Eva never could make out; and she always smoothed it over with thinking that, after [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Emmeline, in her child-like simplicity, was half afraid of the dark moods of Cassy. She looked perplexed, but made no answer. She only took her hand, with a gentle, caressing movement.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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From the moment that George got the first glimpse of her face, he was troubled with one of those fleeting and indefinite likenesses, which almost every body can remember, and has been, at times, perplexed with. He could not keep himself from looking at her, and watching her perpetually. At table, or sitting at her state-room door, still she would encounter the young man's eyes fixed on her, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)