- present participle of perplex.
perplexing
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Matthew McConaughey stars as an Oklahoma honeymaker in a perplexing film that also features Kurt Russell and Angelina LookingGlass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Every step further back in time makes the puzzle more perplexing: How did the Universe produce supermassive black holes so quickly?"
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The weakness in the won then, has been perplexing to many forex analysts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
"This dark, industrial location as her wedding venue couldn't be more perplexing," Gaffney said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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