-kst adjective
Etymology: Latin perplex us + English -ed
1.
a. archaic : emotionally disturbed by the intricacy or difficulty of a situation : anxious , troubled , distraught
undaunted … though wearied and perplexed — William Cowper
b. : filled with doubt or uncertainty : puzzled, bewildered
the perplexed person who … no longer trusts the sources of information — E.C.Lindeman
2. : full of difficulty : complicated
perplexed language
this perplexed age of the world — Bliss Perry
3. : entangled
perplexed with thorn — Alexander Pope