Perplexity Synonyms

pər-plĕksĭ-tē
Difficulty causing uncertainty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. complication
  2. crisis
  3. emergency
Anything that arouses curiosity or perplexes because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. conundrum
  2. enigma
  3. mystery
  4. puzzle
  5. puzzler
  6. riddle

Words Related to Perplexity

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Perplexity Sentence Examples

  • In my perplexity I did not know whose aid and advice to seek.

  • The children looked at each other in perplexity, and the Wizard sighed.

  • The only thing for me to do in a perplexity is to go ahead, and learn by making mistakes.

  • He grinned at the perplexity across Connor's face.

  • But an analysis of his results leaves the reader in more perplexity than satisfaction at the kind of information imparted, and he reverts insensibly to the sources from which his instructor has himself been instructed.

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