perplex

Verb
  1. Be a mystery or bewildering to (synset 200624056)
    "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
    is a type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    subtypes:
    • mix up, stump - cause to be perplexed or confounded
    • riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle
    • elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
    same as: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
  2. Make more complicated (synset 200403446)
    "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: complicate

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