English-Thai Dictionary

perplexity

N ความ งุนงง  ความ สับสน  ความ ไม่แน่ใจ  bewilderment uncertainty composure stillness kwam-ngun-ngog

 

perplexity

N เรื่อง ที่ น่า พิศวงงงงวย  สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ สับสน งุนงง  rueng-na-pid-sa-wong-ngog-ngui

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERPLEXITY

Per *plex "i *ty, n.; pl. Perplexities. Etym: [L. perplexitas: cf. F.perplexité. ]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

perplexity

per plex i ty |pərˈpleksitē pərˈplɛksədi | ▶noun ( pl. perplexities ) 1 inability to deal with or understand something complicated or unaccountable: she paused in perplexity. • (usu. perplexities ) a complicated or baffling situation or thing: the perplexities of international relations. 2 archaic an entangled state: the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused ’ (see perplex ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

perplexity

per ¦plex |ity |pəˈplɛksɪti | ▶noun ( pl. perplexities ) [ mass noun ] 1 inability to deal with or understand something: she paused in perplexity. • [ count noun ] (usu. perplexities ) a complicated or baffling situation or thing: the perplexities of international relations. 2 archaic an entangled state: the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused ’ (see perplex ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

perplexity

perplexity noun 1 he scratched his head in perplexity: confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, bafflement, incomprehension, mystification, bemusement; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation. 2 the perplexities of international relations: complexity, complication, intricacy, problem, difficulty, mystery, puzzle, enigma, paradox.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

perplexity

perplexity noun 1 he scratched his head in perplexity: confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, bafflement, incomprehension, lack of comprehension, mystification, bemusement, befuddlement; quandary, nonplus; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation; rare disconcertion, disconcertment. 2 the perplexities of international relations: complexity, complication, intricacy, problem, difficulty, dilemma, mystery, puzzle, enigma, paradox, obscurity; obfuscation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

perplexity

per plex i ty /pə r pléksəti /名詞 複 -ties ｟かたく ｠1 U 当惑, 困惑 ; 混乱 ▸ in perplexity 当惑して 2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗困らせるもの, 困らせる事態 ; 面倒な物事 .