Confused or puzzled.
The scientists were perplexed by the new discovery.
Bewildered.
Entangled; labyrinthine.
"[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?"
simple past and past participle of perplex
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