Syn. – obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie.

Syn. – To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. – To

Embarrass

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Puzzle

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Perplex

. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.