v. t. | 1. | To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; |
2. | To embarrass; to puzzle; to distract; to bewilder; to confuse; to trouble with ambiguity, suspense, or anxiety. | |
3. | To plague; to vex; to tormen. | |
a. | 1. | Intricate; difficult. |
Verb | 1. | perplex - 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" |
2. | perplex - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" Synonyms: complicate |