Perplexing
Perplexing adjective - Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
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Synonyms for Perplexing
Recondite and perplexing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recondite" instead an adjective "Perplexing".
Recondite
Recondite adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: geochemistry is a recondite subject
Perplexing and recondite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Perplexing" instead an adjective "Recondite".
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Related pairs
- complex and perplexing
- complex and recondite
- deep and perplexing
- deep and recondite
- difficult and perplexing
- difficult and recondite
- hard and perplexing
- hard and recondite
- abstruse and perplexing
- abstruse and recondite
- involved and perplexing
- involved and recondite
- obscure and perplexing
- obscure and recondite
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