Antonyms for perplexed

Grammar : Adj

Spell : per-plekst

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈplɛkst

Definition of perplexed

Origin : late 15c., past participle adjective; see perplex. A case of a past participle form attested centuries before the verb (perplex isn't recorded until 17c.). Related: Perplexedly; perplexedness.

adj confused
adj involved

Example sentences :

He felt committed for labor; glad was he, very, yet perplexed.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Light of some sort began to dawn on the perplexed faces of the gentlemen.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

"But there wasn't any shot," the perplexed and alarmed detective expostulated.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Presently he came down again, his face looking drawn and perplexed.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Mr. Blackwell, abashed and perplexed, returned to his companion.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

One thing had perplexed me very much in going from bed to bed.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

His nose and tongue still hurt, but he was perplexed by a greater trouble.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

Turl watched her face, with a softened, wistful, perplexed look on his own.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

If Imogen were perplexed and confounded, Roderic was scarcely more happy.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

How greatly have they perplexed, and how deeply distressed me!
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Synonyms for perplexed

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