1. (imp. & p. p.) of Perplex.

2. (a.) Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassed; puzzled; doubtful; anxious.

Byzantine addled at a loss at a nonplus at a stand at a standstill at an impasse baffled balled up balled-up bamboozled beat bewildered beyond one bothered buffaloed chaotic complex complicated confounded confused convoluted crabbed cramp daedal dazed devious difficult discomposed disconcerted disordered disorganized disturbed elaborate embarrassed embrangled entangled floored flustered fluttered fouled up fuddled fussed garbled hard hard to understand implicated in a dilemma in a jumble in a pother in a pucker in a stew in a sweat in a swivet in a tizzy in suspense intricate involuted involved jumbled knotted knotty labyrinthian labyrinthine licked loused up many-faceted matted mazy meandering messed up mixed up mixed-up mucked up muddled multifarious mystified nonplussed obfuscated obscure obscured on tenterhooks overtechnical perturbed put-out puzzled ramified rattled roundabout ruffled scrambled screwed up shaken shook shuffled snarled stuck stumped subtle tangled tangly thrown tough twisted unsettled upset