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Showing words for PERPLEXING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Perplexing

perplexing

8 Letter Words for Perplexing

peerling

7 Letter Words for Perplexing

epingle, girleen, gripple, leeping, leering, lepping, leprine, peeling, peeping, peering, pelerin, perling, perplex, pingler, preeing, pringle, reeling, repping

6 Letter Words for Perplexing

eeling, epigne, exiler, expire, genepi, gipper, girnel, griple, grippe, leeing, leiger, lenger, lering, lieger, lierne, linger, lippen, lipper, neiper, nipper, nipple, peeing, peleng, penile, perine, pernel, pigpen, pilger, pinger, pingle, reline, repile, repine, repipe, rexine, ringle, ripple

5 Letter Words for Perplexing

eigne, engle, ering, exile, exine, exing, expel, genep, genie, genip, genre, gerip, gerle, gerne, ginep, gleen, gleir, glene, green, grein, gripe, inger, ingle, irene, leger, legin, leper, lepre, liege, liger, ligne, liner, linge, neger, neper, niger, nixer, npeel, peine, penie, peril, perle, piler, piner, pinge, piper, pixel, plier, pling, preen, prepg, prepn, prine, regel, regex, regie, regin, regle, reign, relie, relig, reneg, renig, repeg, repel, repen, repin, rexen, rigel, ringe, ripen

4 Letter Words for Perplexing

eger, eine, eire, elix, elne, engl, engr, epil, erie, erin, erne, geep, geer, gein, geir, gene, genl, gere, gien, gile, gire, girl, girn, glee, glei, glen, gree, gren, grex, grin, grip, ilex, irpe, leep, leer, lege, leir, lene, leng, lere, lerp, lien, lier, lige, line, ling, lipe, lire, neep, neer, nile, nirl, nixe, peel, peen, peep, peer, pele, pene, peng, peni, pere, peri, pern, perp, pien, pier, pile, pine, ping, pinx, pipe, pirl, pirn, plex, plie, pree, prep, prex, prie, prig, prin, prix, reel, reen, rein, repl, repp, rgen, riel, rile, rine, ring, ripe, ripp

3 Letter Words for Perplexing

eeg, eel, een, eer, eir, eli, ene, eng, enl, epi, ere, erg, ern, exp, exr, gee, gel, gen, ger, gie, gin, gnp, grx, ign, ile, ing, ipl, ipr, ire, lee, leg, lei, lep, ler, lex, lie, lig, lin, lip, lir, lnr, lpn, nee, neg, nei, nep, nie, nig, nil, nip, nix, pee, peg, pel, pen, pep, per, pie, pig, pil, pin, pip, pir, pix, pli, ppi, ppl, ppr, pre, prn, prp, ree, reg, rei, rel, rep, rex, rie, rig, rin, rip, rix, rle

Definitions for Perplexing

[1] to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
[2] to make complicated or confused, as a matter or question.
[3] to hamper with complications, confusion, or uncertainty.
[4] to puzzle; bewilder; confuse
[5] to complicate to perplex an issue

Words related to Perplexing

perplexmystifying, puzzling, baffling, thorny, complicated, convoluted, mysterious, knotty, worrying, confusing, disconcerting, involved, taxing, impenetrable, intricate, mind-bending, paradoxical

Words nearby Perplexing

perplexperpetual-motion machine, perpetuate, perpetuity, perphenazine, perpignan, perplex, perplexed, perplexity, perquisite, perrault, perret

Origin of Perplexing

First recorded in 1585–95; back formation from perplexed

Other words from Perplexing

per·plex·er , noun
per·plex·ing·ly , adverb
un·per·plex·ing , adjective

Word origin for Perplexing

C15: from obsolete perplex (adj) intricate, from Latin perplexus entangled, from per- (thoroughly) + plectere to entwine

Synonyms for Perplexing

baffling, complicated, confusing, convoluted, disconcerting, knotty, mysterious, mystifying, puzzling, thorny, worrying, involved, taxing, beyond one, impenetrable, intricate, mind-bending, paradoxical