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
