perplex
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(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" |
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Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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Related Words: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, elude, escape, fox, fuddle, mix up, riddle, stagger, stump, throw |
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(verb) make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" |
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Synonyms: complicate |
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Related Words: alter, change, complexify, embrangle, snarl, snarl up |
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