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- Dictionaryperplexity/pəˈplɛksɪti/
noun
- 1. inability to deal with or understand something: "she paused in perplexity" Similar
- 2. an entangled state: archaic "the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth"
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PERPLEXITY definition: 1. a state of confusion or a complicated and difficult situation or thing: 2. a state of confusion…. Learn more.
PERPLEXITY meaning: 1. a state of confusion or a complicated and difficult situation or thing: 2. a state of confusion…. Learn more.
The meaning of PERPLEXITY is the state of being perplexed : bewilderment. How to use perplexity in a sentence. the state of being perplexed : bewilderment; something that perplexes; entanglement…
Perplexity is confusion that results from something being complicated. The instruction manuals for computer components might put a look of perplexity on your face.
Perplexity definition: the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.. See examples of PERPLEXITY used in a sentence.
to cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood: The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors. perplexed.
1. uncountable noun. Perplexity is a feeling of being confused and frustrated because you do not understand something. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time. 2. countable noun [usually plural]
Definition of perplexity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The children looked at each other in perplexity, and the Wizard sighed. The only thing for me to do in a perplexity is to go ahead, and learn by making mistakes. He grinned at the perplexity across Connor's face.
n. pl. per·plex·i·ties. 1. The state of being perplexed or puzzled. 2. The state of being intricate or complicated: "the perplexity of life in twentieth-century America" (Daniel J. Boorstin). 3. Something that perplexes: the perplexities of English pronunciation.
