What is the meaning of perplex?

Be a mystery or bewildering to.
- usage: "This beats me"; "Got me-I don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
- synonyms: vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Make more complicated.
- usage: "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
- synonyms: complicate

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