perplex

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
2. verb To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
3. verb To plague; to vex; to torment.
4. adjective intricate; difficult
5. noun A difficulty.

Similar words

nonplus bewilder baffle flummox mystify dumbfound puzzle stupify amaze stupefy

Often followed by

the and us him me his them a our

Word family

perplexed perplexes perplexing