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perplexed

[per-plekst] / pərˈplɛkst /
ADJECTIVE
confused
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There are anomalies in the labor market, which are leaving people like your son feeling perplexed.

From MarketWatch

Skeptics who had been perplexed by Mr. Gehry’s squirming metallic shapes suddenly found them perfectly comprehensible.

From The Wall Street Journal

If it succeeds, Axiom might just crack problems that have perplexed mere humans for centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal

As someone who believed that true love is worth fighting for, living by the words that nothing worth having comes easy, I felt perplexed.

From Los Angeles Times

We see the brothers standing in the center, unharmed; the flames reaching out to afflict everyone around them; and the observers on high looking perplexed.

From The Wall Street Journal