Adjective perplexed has 1 sense
  1. perplexed - full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
    Antonyms:
    unperplexed, unbaffled, unconfused
,Verb perplex has 2 senses
  1. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - 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"
    --1 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will perplex him
    The good news will perplex her
    The performance is likely to perplex Sue
  2. complicate, perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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