perplex

People who knew the family were perplexed at what went wrong.

Heitmann said she was “perplexed” by the delays and begged the agency for guidance.

Though retired, Graham is drawn back in by a perplexing new case.

Despite his ability to pick out positive individual performances - which left pundits and punters perplexed - there was a hint that he knew things were slipping away.

The agencies, he said, gave him the runaround and he couldn’t get anyone to answer his calls — which he said was perplexing, considering the rapid response when he alerted them to infected cattle.