perplexed

About 1.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Confused or puzzled.

   The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.

2. adjective Bewildered.
3. adjective Entangled; labyrinthine.
4. verb simple past and past participle of perplex

Similar words

baffled puzzled befuddled mystified bewildered confused confounded bemused nonplussed mixed-up

Often followed by

by and the with as at in about to

Word family

perplexedly