PERPLEXITY

n. 1 confusion, bewilderment, bafflement, distress, doubt, difficulty My perplexity grew as he related his version of the event 2 intricacy, complexity, complicatedness, arcaneness, reconditeness, impenetrability, impenetrableness, involvement, unfathomability, obscurity, difficulty The more deeply the enigma was probed, the greater its perplexity 3 puzzle, enigma, mystery, dilemma, problem, paradox, catch-22, quandary, predicament, bind Because of the interlocking directorships of the companies, we faced many perplexities in trying to sort out what had happened to the funds