Vocabulary
Perplexed
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
completely baffled; very puzzled
Urdu meaning
مضطرب، پریشان یا حیران، گھبرایا ہوا ہونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The tragedyis that local stakeholders, including the majority of the then elected members from Fata and influential elders and youth residing there, had highlighted these impracticalities that today the government is perplexed by.
- Some waved back, perplexed, probably by my slow speed.
- Some waved back, perplexed, probably by my slow speed.
- T is a travesty that, decades after HIV/AIDS first perplexed medics, awareness about the disease remains low in Pakistan, particularly among vulnerable populations.
Synonyms
puzzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, nonplus, disconcert,
Antonyms
undaunted, unfazed, composed, untroubled
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