Perplex
verb
To confuse someone very much.
The sudden question perplexed him
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- perplex someone
- perplex by something
verb
To complicate or confuse a situation or problem.
The issue was perplexed by conflicting testimony
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- perplex the issue
- perplex the situation
verb
To confuse someone very much.
The sudden question perplexed him
Often appears as...
- perplex someone
- perplex by something
verb
To complicate or confuse a situation or problem.
The issue was perplexed by conflicting testimony
Often appears as...
- perplex the issue
- perplex the situation
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Using 'perplex' can express someone's emotional reaction to confusion, not just intellectual difficulty.
The enigmatic poem perplexed her, leaving an unsettling feeling.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Perplex' may imply curiosity or fascination as well as confusion.
The intriguing puzzle perplexed him, but he enjoyed the challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Situations
'Perplex' is often used when something is confusing because it's unexpected or unusual.
The magician's act perplexed the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Using 'perplex' can express someone's emotional reaction to confusion, not just intellectual difficulty.
The enigmatic poem perplexed her, leaving an unsettling feeling.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Perplex' may imply curiosity or fascination as well as confusion.
The intriguing puzzle perplexed him, but he enjoyed the challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Situations
'Perplex' is often used when something is confusing because it's unexpected or unusual.
The magician's act perplexed the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Using 'perplex' can express someone's emotional reaction to confusion, not just intellectual difficulty.
The enigmatic poem perplexed her, leaving an unsettling feeling.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
'Perplex' may imply curiosity or fascination as well as confusion.
The intriguing puzzle perplexed him, but he enjoyed the challenge.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Situations
'Perplex' is often used when something is confusing because it's unexpected or unusual.
The magician's act perplexed the audience.
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Tim Urban: Inside the...
My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are. Now, I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people.
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Rory Stewart: Time to...
tried to shoot me. And the reason I'm looking a little bit perplexed in this photograph is I was somewhat frightened, and I was too afraid on this occasion to ask him, having run for an hour through the desert and taken refuge in this house, why he had turned up and wanted to have his photograph taken with me.
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Why do cats act so...
and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors,
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How to build your...
He would squirm in his chair during independent work, and he would never stay still for more than three or four minutes. Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach.
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Let's talk about sex -...
And here you are, a 13-year old human perplexed and embarrassed about sex. That's what I came here to tell we don't know why sex evolved nor why it persists. Why don't we just clone ourselves like all life did a billion years ago? It's so much more efficient.
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What streaming means for...
Regardless, the principle is the same. If there is an activity that you really enjoy, you're probably going to like watching other people do it with skill and panache. It might be perplexing to an alien, but bonding over shared passion is a human universal.
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We've stopped trusting...
He was perplexed at how a company that depends on the willingness of strangers to trust one another could work so well across 191 countries. So I said to him that I had a confession to make, and he looked at me a bit strangely,
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
was also a world-class Victorian prude. All right? He was perplexed by the sexual swellings of certain primates, including chimps and bonobos, because these sexual swellings tend to provoke many males to mate with the females.
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The most detailed map of...
And with that information, we can unravel the history and fossil record of our galaxy and learn how it formed. I'm just going to cut right to the chase here. Black holes are among the most perplexing objects in the universe.
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
have perplexed anthropologists. The first neanderthal fossil specimen was discovered in Belgium in 1829 by Philippe-Charles Schmerling. However, it wasn't officially classified as neanderthal until decades later.
Video examples
Tim Urban: Inside the...
My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me, and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators, and why we are the way we are. Now, I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people.
Video examples
Rory Stewart: Time to...
tried to shoot me. And the reason I'm looking a little bit perplexed in this photograph is I was somewhat frightened, and I was too afraid on this occasion to ask him, having run for an hour through the desert and taken refuge in this house, why he had turned up and wanted to have his photograph taken with me.
Video examples
Why do cats act so...
and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors,
Video examples
How to build your...
He would squirm in his chair during independent work, and he would never stay still for more than three or four minutes. Students like Jamal can perplex brand new teachers because they're not quite sure how to support young people like him. I took a direct approach.
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
And here you are, a 13-year old human perplexed and embarrassed about sex. That's what I came here to tell we don't know why sex evolved nor why it persists. Why don't we just clone ourselves like all life did a billion years ago? It's so much more efficient.
Video examples
What streaming means for...
Regardless, the principle is the same. If there is an activity that you really enjoy, you're probably going to like watching other people do it with skill and panache. It might be perplexing to an alien, but bonding over shared passion is a human universal.
Video examples
We've stopped trusting...
He was perplexed at how a company that depends on the willingness of strangers to trust one another could work so well across 191 countries. So I said to him that I had a confession to make, and he looked at me a bit strangely,
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
was also a world-class Victorian prude. All right? He was perplexed by the sexual swellings of certain primates, including chimps and bonobos, because these sexual swellings tend to provoke many males to mate with the females.
Video examples
The most detailed map of...
And with that information, we can unravel the history and fossil record of our galaxy and learn how it formed. I'm just going to cut right to the chase here. Black holes are among the most perplexing objects in the universe.
Video examples
Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
have perplexed anthropologists. The first neanderthal fossil specimen was discovered in Belgium in 1829 by Philippe-Charles Schmerling. However, it wasn't officially classified as neanderthal until decades later.
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August Alsina
American Musician
I think there are small treasures and blessings inside of our imperfections. But there are so many people in the world that oppress you for being an individual if you don't fit in with the rest of the crowd, if you don't run with the herd. It's always perplexing to me when I see people mad at other people for being who they are.
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Joko Beck
American Educator
We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time being dimly aware of the boundless, limitless nature of life. So we begin looking for an answer to the puzzle.
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Poppy
American Musician
You can communicate a sad message or perplexing message through happy chords or a happy melody, and I hope to have the listener pose more questions in their life as opposed to going along with the everyday and what's being pushed on them.
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Ali ibn Abi Talib
Clergyman
He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
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Allen Klein
American Author
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
The typical conditions for the birth of a bull market are here: you have a changed country, you have a deep fall in growth and everybody is perplexed by the rise of stocks.
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Charles Bass
American Politician
The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them.
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Maximillian Degenerez
Portuguese Artist
Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.
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Arnold Palmer
American Golfer
Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.
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August Alsina
American Musician
I think there are small treasures and blessings inside of our imperfections. But there are so many people in the world that oppress you for being an individual if you don't fit in with the rest of the crowd, if you don't run with the herd. It's always perplexing to me when I see people mad at other people for being who they are.
Quote examples
Joko Beck
American Educator
We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time being dimly aware of the boundless, limitless nature of life. So we begin looking for an answer to the puzzle.
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Poppy
American Musician
You can communicate a sad message or perplexing message through happy chords or a happy melody, and I hope to have the listener pose more questions in their life as opposed to going along with the everyday and what's being pushed on them.
Quote examples
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Clergyman
He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
Quote examples
Allen Klein
American Author
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
Quote examples
Robert Kennedy
American Politician
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
The typical conditions for the birth of a bull market are here: you have a changed country, you have a deep fall in growth and everybody is perplexed by the rise of stocks.
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Charles Bass
American Politician
The most important issue is clearly not the quality of treatment and care of these prisoners; rather it is the perplexing issue of what we now do with them.
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Maximillian Degenerez
Portuguese Artist
Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.
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Arnold Palmer
American Golfer
Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.
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