It was a perplexing question for the students.
这对学生们来说是一个令人困惑的问题。
Choose the best synonym for the word “perplexing”:
A — baffling. “perplexing” means adj. confusing or difficult to understand
The strange, twisting riddle was so ______ that no one could solve it.
A — perplexing. “perplexing” means adj. confusing or difficult to understand
perplexing — adj. confusing or difficult to understand. In Chinese: 令人困惑的.
perplexing is pronounced /pərˈplɛksɪŋ/. It breaks into 3 syllables: per · plex · ing.
It was a perplexing question for the students. (这对学生们来说是一个令人困惑的问题。)
confusing, puzzling, baffling — all close in meaning to perplexing (adj. confusing or difficult to understand).
Yes. perplexing appears on the iSEE Vocab Basic list, which covers 2445 words for the ISEE and SSAT.