See perplex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "obǎrkvam",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "обърквам"
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"roman": "smuštavam",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
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"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "使困惑"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "zaskočit"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "hämmentää"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "saattaa ymmälle"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "askarruttaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "déconcerter"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "troubler"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "dérouter"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "verwirren"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "berdévo",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "μπερδεύω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sastízo",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "σαστίζω"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "whakahēhē"
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "desconcertar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "desmemoriar"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "pasmar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "desconcertar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "vexar"
},
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"roman": "ozadačivatʹ",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "озадачивать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaputyvatʹ",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "запутывать"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "confundir"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "desconcertar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "perplejizar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To cause to feel baffled",
"word": "förvirra"
}
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"ref": "2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 58:",
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