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Textual thesaurus for "perplex"

(verb) complicate

make more complicated

There was a new development that complicated the matter


(verb) dumbfound, bewilder, baffle, beat, amaze, puzzle, pose, mystify, nonplus, stick, stupefy, flummox, gravel, get, vex

be a mystery or bewildering to

This beats me!; Got me--I don't know the answer!; a vexing problem; This question really stuck me