perplexity
noun
[ pəˈplɛksɪti ]
• inability to deal with or understand something.
• "she paused in perplexity"
Similar:
confusion,
bewilderment,
puzzlement,
bafflement,
incomprehension,
lack of comprehension,
mystification,
bemusement,
befuddlement,
quandary,
nonplus,
bamboozlement,
discombobulation,
disconcertion,
disconcertment,
• an entangled state.
• "the dense perplexity of dwarf palm, garlanded creepers, glossy undergrowth"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French perplexite or late Latin perplexitas, from Latin perplexus ‘entangled, confused’ (see perplex).
