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Synonyms for perplex

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Synonyms for perplex

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The sober widow, resuming her former pace, proceeds to church, but pauses in the portal, and throws a perplexed glance along the street.
With a cold but not depraved nor wandering heart, and a mind never feverish with riotous thoughts, nor perplexed with originality, who could have anticipated that our friend would entitle himself to a foremost place among the doers of eccentric deeds?
I felt perplexed: I didn't know whether it were not a proper opportunity to offer a bit of admonition.
'And he spoke to me,' she added, with a perplexed countenance.
The labour of winding among the little paths of the mountain and fixing my feet firmly as I advanced perplexed me, occupied as I was by the emotions which the occurrences of the day had produced.
Daylight was openly perplexed, and he was still perplexed when he began to speak.
For some seconds they gazed with frightened eyes at one another's unfamiliar faces and both were perplexed at what they had done and what they were to do next.
While I look forward to Meister's expansion of his theodicy in the future, the present work could be even further improved by not just trying to be a guide for, or even by, the perplexed, but to perplex further.
For masons that still perplex scientists, clusters of atoms called methyl groups blanket much of the DNA in humans and other vertebrates.
Clearly connected to performance and the performative, the texts in Drag fascinate and engage the reader, but they also frustrate and perplex. Harris is adept at the lyric, as well as more experimental works.
Parking perplexes motorists RULES on parking perplex most motorists, according to a survey.
It just so happens that you like to perplex others in one way or another.
Transposable Elements: A Guide to the Perplexed and the Novice