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Inability to deal with or understand something

A complicated or baffling situation or thing

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

A person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty

Something that needs to be resolved

A feeling that one does not know the truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

Condition or state of being perplexed

A fastening made by looping a piece of material on itself and tightening it

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements

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Noun

Inability to deal with or understand something

discombobulation

incomprehension

head-scratching

lack of comprehension

misunderstanding

mental fogginess

dumbfoundedness

state of confusion

state of disorientation

state of bewilderment

mental unclarity

misapprehension

mental distress

misinterpretation

misconstruction

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

one for the books

incredulousness

apprehensiveness

egg on one's face

not understanding

self-consciousness

being bewildered

flabbergastment

state of stupefaction

nervous excitement

trancelike state

lack of understanding

dissatisfaction

temporary insanity

temporary madness

state of agitation

bolt from the blue

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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“I'm talking about my own perplexity in dealing with a system that seems to stamp everything in sight as classified, secret, or confidential.”

Noun

A complicated or baffling situation or thing

inscrutableness

inextricability

tough nut to crack

sixty-four-thousand-dollar question

unsolved problem

sixty-four dollar question

complicatedness

knotty question

awkward problem

difficult question

tough proposition

hard nut to crack

inexplicableness

food for thought

difficult proposition

incomprehensibility

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“I will claim that we academics cannot deal with this perplexity without interrogating our own situation in our own worlds from an ontological politics perspective.”

Noun

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

awkward situation

difficult situation

sticky situation

problematic situation

tricky situation

no-win situation

unfortunate situation

serious problem

tight situation

sorry condition

critical situation

difficult choice

serious dilemma

serious complication

large difficulty

pretty kettle of fish

serious predicament

worst-case scenario

fine kettle of fish

reversal of fortune

botched situation

state of perplexity

state of uncertainty

delicate situation

point of contention

matter of contention

a bad situation

a sorry condition

a difficult situation

stroke of ill luck

desperate straits

urgent situation

stroke of bad luck

ticklish situation

dog's breakfast

hard nut to crack

complicated situation

emergency situation

potential crisis

extreme suffering

situational problem

diffict situation

state of things

state of affairs

worst possible outcome

worst that could happen

worst comes to worst

reverse of fortune

devastating blow

unpredictable situation

troublesome problem

complex problem

unforeseen circumstance

unforeseen circumstances

pain in the rear

harsh conditions

tough situation

pain in the backside

trials and tribulations

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

pushing poop uphill

up poop creak without a paddle

perilous experiences

dangerous experiences

exciting experiences

force of circumstance

pressure of circumstance

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Noun

(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

apprehensiveness

butterflies in the stomach

unconsolability

disconsolateness

downheartedness

screaming abdabs

heaviness of heart

dissatisfaction

nervous tension

screaming habdabs

mental suffering

broken-heartedness

heavy-heartedness

sense of foreboding

discombobulation

screaming meemies

pins and needles

emotional suffering

heavyheartedness

mistrustfulness

mid-life crisis

nervous excitement

emotional strain

living day to day

disillusionment

fear and trembling

demoralization^US

discontentedness

demoralisation^UK

loss of confidence

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

clinical depression

one's black dog

postnatal depression

endogenous depression

slough of despond

reactive depression

troublesomeness

heartbrokenness

fit of ill temper

fit of bad temper

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Noun

A person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty

pain in the bum

pain in the neck

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

thorn in the flesh

source of irritation

source of annoyance

thorn in one's side

troublesomeness

bane of one's life

source of vexation

burr under someone's saddle

source of difficulty

trials and tribulations

burr in someone's saddle

thorn in your side

apprehensiveness

inopportuneness

source of aggravation

source of trouble

uphill struggle

tough assignment

tiresome person

cause for concern

pain in the behind

cause of annoyance

chip on your shoulder

uncomfortableness

source of disruption

cause of distress

incommodiousness

a thorn in someone's side

butterflies in the stomach

mind-numbing experience

hard row to hoe

hard mountain to climb

boring situation

matter of contention

point of contention

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

fly in the ointment

stumbling block

difficult situation

fatal attraction

stroke of bad luck

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Noun

Something that needs to be resolved

negative aspect

teething trouble

stumbling block

difficult situation

thorn in one's side

source of difficulty

thorn in the flesh

source of trouble

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

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Noun

A feeling that one does not know the truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

lack of certainty

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

apprehensiveness

reconsideration

second thoughts

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

lack of faith in

lack of confidence in

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

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Noun

Perplexity

Noun

Condition or state of being perplexed

Noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of material on itself and tightening it

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Noun

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements

motley collection

patchwork quilt

complicatedness

omnium-gatherum

pig's breakfast

omnium gatherum

scissors-and-paste job

random selection

random collection

Whitman's sampler

diversification

disorganization^US

wide assortment

heterogeneous mixture

disorganisation^UK

all shapes and sizes

dog's breakfast

homogenization^US

homogenisation^UK

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