perplex

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

per·plex [perplex perplexes perplexed perplexing] BrE [pəˈpleks] NAmE [pərˈpleks] verb usually passive ~ sb | it perplexes sb that…
if sth perplexes you, it makes you confused or worried because you do not understand it
Syn: ↑puzzle
•They were perplexed by her response.
Derived Word: ↑perplexing
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Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (as the adjective perplexed): from the obsolete adjective perplex ‘bewildered’, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled’, based on plexus ‘interwoven’, from the verb plectere.

Example Bank:
•Experts gathered to try to answer this extremely perplexing question.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  complicate, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder