Associations to the word «Perplex»

Wiktionary

PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
PERPLEX, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
PERPLEX, adjective. (obsolete) intricate; difficult

Dictionary definition

PERPLEX, verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me".
PERPLEX, verb. Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King