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(transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. / (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated. / (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.

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perplex

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Source Word

perplex

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɚˈplɛks/

Verb

transitive obsolete

(transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. / (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated. / (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.

Japanese Meaning

当惑させる、困惑させる。 / 謎めかす、不可解にする。 / 複雑にする、入り組ませる。 / 巻き込む、関与させる。 / （古い用法で）苦しめる、いらだたせる、悩ませる。