PERPLEXITY Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word perplexity. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PERPLEXITY
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befuddlement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
bewilderment | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand | ||||||||
confusion | nounn | |||||||
noun • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||||
disorientation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug) • confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction | ||||||||
incomprehension | nounn | |||||||
noun • an inability to understand | ||||||||
mystification | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand • something designed to mystify or bewilder • the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | ||||||||
puzzlement | nounn | |||||||
noun • confusion resulting from failure to understand |