noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/pəˈplɛksɪti/
US:/pəɹˈplɛksəti/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being perplexed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: puzzlement, bewilderment, confusion
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that perplexes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A measure of the accuracy with which a probability distribution or model predicts a sample.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English perplexite, borrowed from Middle French perplexité or post-classical Latin perplexitās, from perplexus (“entangled”). By surface analysis, perplex + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
обърканост
(obǎrkanost)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Bulgarian:
смущение
(smuštenie)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Chinese Mandarin:
困惑
(kùnhuò)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Chinese Mandarin:
茫然
(mángrán)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Chinese Mandarin:
迷惘
(míwǎng)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Dutch:
verwardheid
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Dutch:
verwarring
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Dutch:
verbijstering
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Finnish:
hämmennys
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Finnish:
hämmentyneisyys
— the state or quality of being perplexed
French:
perplexité
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Galician:
perplexidade
— the state or quality of being perplexed
German:
Perplexität
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Greek:
σύγχυση
(sýnchysi)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Hebrew:
מבוכה
(mevukhá)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Irish:
aincheas
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Italian:
perplessità
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Japanese:
困惑
(konwaku)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Japanese:
当惑
(tōwaku)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Kazakh:
абыржушылық
(abyrjuşylyq)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Latin:
perplexitās
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Māori:
rapeka
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Māori:
mangangatanga
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Māori:
raumaharatanga
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Persian:
سرگشتگی
(sargaštegi)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Polish:
ambaras
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Romanian:
perplexitate
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Russian:
расте́рянность
(rastérjannostʹ)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Russian:
замеша́тельство
(zamešátelʹstvo)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Sanskrit:
लोभ
(lobha)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Spanish:
perplejidad
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Turkish:
şaşkınlık
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Turkish:
kararsızlık
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Turkish:
çekimserlik
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Ottoman Turkish:
شاشقینلق
(şaşkınlık)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
Uyghur:
زالالەت
(zalalet)
— the state or quality of being perplexed
