perplex
verb (used with object)
to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally.
will perplex
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future tenseof perplex.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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These calculations will perplex the copper market until the tariff question is settled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
His book raises questions of conscience which, though they can never be satisfactorily settled, will perplex society and individuals as long as men are bound in loyalty to states that may commit crimes.
From Time Magazine Archive
What canst thou say, but will perplex thee more, If thou stand excommunicate and curs'd?
From King John by William Shakespeare
Impose upon him a number of factitious considerations of duty, and you will perplex his moral sense, and make him tired of a self-government which has no certainty and no satisfaction in it.
From Household Education by Harriet Martineau
You will overthrow them, not confirm them by the result of your reasonings: you will perplex their intellect, you will confound their good purpose, you will awaken their evil passions.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
