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 nearly 2,500 words for the ISEE and SSAT.