Pronunciation: /pərˈplɛksɪŋ/
adjective causing confusion or puzzlement; difficult to understand
A1 The math problem was perplexing for the first graders.
A2 The instructions on the package were perplexing and hard to follow.
B1 The new software interface was perplexing at first, but I quickly got the hang of it.
B2 The plot of the movie was quite perplexing, leaving the audience in suspense until the end.
C1 The scientist encountered a perplexing anomaly in the data that challenged their current understanding of the phenomenon.
C2 The philosophical concept was so perplexing that it took me weeks to fully grasp its implications.
formal The perplexing nature of the scientific phenomenon requires further investigation.
informal I find it really perplexing how she always knows what to say.
slang It's so perplexing, I can't wrap my head around it.
figurative His mind was a maze of perplexing thoughts.
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