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The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
  2. n. trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
  3. The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.
  4. The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled;complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind throughdoubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.
  5. n:100 n. trouble or confusion resulting from complexity