Synonyms for perplexity

Some common synonyms of perplexity are: perplexity [n.] 1. Intricacy, intricateness, complexity, obscurity, hardness, complication, involution, unintelligibility, entanglement. 2. Concern, care, anxiety, solicitude, trouble, embarrassment, distraction, doubt, confusion, bewilderment. 3. Embarrassment, difficulty, strait, hobble, pickle, critical situation, plight, predicament, dilemma, quandary, pass, pinch, scrape.