perplex
/pəˈplɛks/
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American sound/pəˈplɛks/
pəˈplɛks
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pə - ˈplɛks -> perplex
Myanmar meaning
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စိတ်ရှုပ်စေသည်။ ဦးနှောက်ခြောက်စေသည်။ ဇဝေဇဝါ ဖြစ်စေသည်။ I was perplexed by his strange behaviour.
❏ perplexed adj စိတ်ရှုပ်သော။ ဦးနှောက်ခြောက်သော။ သောကရောက်သော။ a perplexed expression/ look ❍ The audience looked perplexed. ❍ She tried to explain her behaviour to her perplexed parents. perplexedly /-Çdli/ adv perplexing adj : The whole affair is very perplexing.
❏ perplexity /-ǝti/ n
၁။ [U] တွေတွေကြီး။ She looked at us in perplexity.
၂။ [C] စိတ်ရှုပ်ဖွယ်ရာ။ စိတ်ညစ်ဖွယ်ရာ။ try to cope with the perplexities of life.
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bewilder, confuse, confound, baffle, stump, stymie, bamboozle, puzzle, stupefy, floor, astonish, astound, balk, befuddle, beset, buffalo, complicate, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, dumbfound, encumber, entangle, flummox, fog, fox, get to, involve, jumble, mix up, muck, muddle, muddy the waters, mystify, nonplus, perturb, pose, rattle, ravel, snarl up, stumble, stun, surprise, tangle, thicken, throw, thwart
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