What is another word for perplexing ?

Confusing or puzzling

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

impossible to separate

off-color^US

off-colour^UK

like nothing on earth

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“Instead, we are confronted with definitive declarations, even regarding the most perplexing of texts.”

Adjective

too difficult to understand

Having a covert or obscure meaning

impossible to understand

difficult to understand

not easily understood

woolly^UK

wooly^US

gray^US

grey^UK

too hard to understand

double Dutch

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Adjective

Causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment or inconvenience

dishonoring^US

impossible to cope with

out of hand

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Adjective

Causing anxiety or concern

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

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Adjective

between rock and hard place

Open to discussion or argument

a controversial subject

between sixes and sevens

gray^US

grey^UK

neither fish nor fowl

neither one thing nor the other

in a state of uncertainty

on the horns of a dilemma

still open to question

in a state of suspension

in the lap of the gods

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Adjective

economical with the truth

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

phony^US

phoney^UK

colored^US

coloured^UK

terminologically inexact

not backed up by evidence

not what it is cracked up to be

to all intents and purposes

without substantiation

without justification

labouring under a misapprehension

in the wrong

wide of mark

barking up wrong tree

barking up the wrong tree

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Adjective

Causing horror

unfavorable^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

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Noun

stopping someone in their tracks

The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something

skepticism^US

lack of comprehension

scepticism^UK

state of bewilderment

state of disorientation

lack of understanding

state of stupefaction

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

state of perturbation

source of consternation

kick in the teeth

source of distress

a bolt out of the blue

source of amazement

a bolt from the blue

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Verb

Causing of amazement

taking your breath away

taking the wind out of your sails

setting someone back on their heels

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

paralysing^UK

completely surprising

traumatising^UK

knocking out

insulting

hitting like ton of bricks

grossing out

raising someone's eyebrows

paralyzing^US

shaking out of your complacency

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Verb

making someone scratch their head

Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

baulking^UK

balking^US

ravelling^UK

raveling^US

muddying the waters

snarling up

causing to be at a stand

setting someone thinking

messing with one's head

making your head spin

striking dumb

sticking it to

stopping someone in their tracks

filling with amazement

putting at a loss

screwing up

knocking the stuffing out of

causing to lose your bearings

hitting like a ton of bricks

obnubilating

making more difficult

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“They were perplexing a subject plain in itself.”

Verb

Present participle for to make something more complex

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

making more difficult

throwing into disorder

rendering unintelligible

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Verb

filling with consternation

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

putting someone off their stroke

putting someone off their stride

putting out of countenance

chafing

making someone scratch their head

addling

setting someone back on their heels

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

beleaguering

causing anguish to

causing suffering to

causing to be at a stand

hurting somebody's feelings

causing discomfort to

making self-conscious

taking the wind out of your sails

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

causing someone to lose their composure

balking^US

baulking^UK

stopping someone in their tracks

petrifying

frighting

scarifying

upsetting the applecart

consternating

straitening

making one's hair stand on end

scaring to death

filling with fear

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring the pants off

throwing into a panic

frightening the living daylights out of

throwing into a blue funk

frightening to death

scaring stiff

scaring the living daylights out of

pushing the buttons of

giving someone goose pimples

mithering

chilling to the marrow

biting

scaring away

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

eating away at

rubbing up the wrong way

knocking out

curdling the blood

getting on your wick

putting the fear of God into

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

scaring off

throwing a curve

getting on your nerves

making teeth chatter

getting your back up

getting under your skin

making someone jump out of their skin

driving bananas

getting in your hair

making one's blood run cold

getting on one's nerves

heckling

firing up

scaring the daylights out of

getting your hackles up

getting your dander up

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

making flesh crawl

rubbing the wrong way

springing on

making jump

giving someone a jolt

giving someone a fright

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

driving insane

amazing

sending over the edge

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

envenoming

empoisoning

making a mountain out of a molehill

giving cause for complaint

raising someone's eyebrows

putting your back up

estranging

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

hitting like ton of bricks

freezing your blood

getting the wind up

throwing into a fright

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

making resentful

making bitter

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Verb

Present participle for to harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

breathing down someone's neck

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

driving up the wall

picking on

getting on your nerves

bending someone's ear

carping at

making somebody's hackles rise

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting up someone's nose

putting the squeeze on

giving the business

jumping on one's case

making someone see red

giving someone the hump

getting your back up

driving bananas

getting under your skin

egging on

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

getting your dander up

eating at

getting your hackles up

getting on one's nerves

burdening

hacking you off

messing with

driving you up the wall

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