perplexed
/pɚˈplɛkst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of perplex
Example Sentences
- "The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery."
- "She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'""
- "Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced."
- ""[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?""
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈplɛkst/
- British English: /pəˈplɛkst/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more perplexed (comparative)
most perplexed (superlative)