perplexed

Definition

Confused or puzzled.

Example Sentences

• "The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery."
• "She was perplexed. 'Plege'illegience is plege'illegience!'""
• "Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced."