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Inability to deal with or understand something

A complicated or baffling situation or thing

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

A person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty

A feeling that one does not know the truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

Lack of comprehension or understanding

A fastening made by looping a piece of material on itself and tightening it

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements

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Noun

Inability to deal with or understand something

discombobulation

incomprehension

head-scratching

lack of comprehension

mental fogginess

dumbfoundedness

disorientedness

state of confusion

state of disorientation

state of bewilderment

mental unclarity

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

misunderstanding

mental distress

one for the books

apprehensiveness

egg on one's face

not understanding

self-consciousness

being bewildered

state of stupefaction

nervous excitement

trancelike state

lack of understanding

flabbergastment

fight-or-flight reaction

temporary insanity

temporary madness

state of agitation

bolt from the blue

state of perturbation

source of consternation

kick in the teeth

source of distress

a bolt out of the blue

source of amazement

a bolt from the blue

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“I'm talking about my own perplexity in dealing with a system that seems to stamp everything in sight as classified, secret, or confidential.”

Noun

A complicated or baffling situation or thing

inscrutableness

inextricability

tough nut to crack

sixty-four-thousand-dollar question

unsolved problem

sixty-four dollar question

complicatedness

knotty question

difficult question

awkward problem

tough proposition

hard nut to crack

inexplicableness

difficult proposition

food for thought

incomprehensibility

unintelligibility

impenetrability

impenetrableness

lack of clarity

inconclusiveness

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“I will claim that we academics cannot deal with this perplexity without interrogating our own situation in our own worlds from an ontological politics perspective.”

Noun

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

awkward situation

difficult situation

sticky situation

problematic situation

tricky situation

no-win situation

unfortunate situation

serious problem

tight situation

sorry condition

critical situation

difficult choice

pretty kettle of fish

fine kettle of fish

serious dilemma

serious complication

large difficulty

serious predicament

worst-case scenario

reversal of fortune

botched situation

state of perplexity

state of uncertainty

delicate situation

point of contention

matter of contention

horse of a different color

different breed of cat

another can of worms

piece of business

a bad situation

a sorry condition

a difficult situation

stroke of ill luck

negative aspect

teething trouble

ticklish situation

desperate straits

urgent situation

complicated situation

spot of trouble

stumbling block

dog's breakfast

hard nut to crack

source of trouble

difficult problem

embarrassing situation

embarrassing problem

thorn in the flesh

with nowhere to turn

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

difficult position

monkey wrench in the works

emergency situation

potential crisis

situational problem

diffict situation

troublesome situation

mass of problems

damned if you do, damned if you don't

unpredictable situation

troublesome problem

complex problem

between a rock and a hard place

state of affairs

state of things

thorn in one's side

source of difficulty

concerning matter

extreme suffering

unforeseen circumstance

moment of truth

point of no return

worst possible outcome

worst that could happen

worst comes to worst

unfortunate occurrence

pushing poop uphill

up poop creak without a paddle

disorganization^US

unforeseen circumstances

pain in the neck

pain in the rear

pain in the backside

source of irritation

source of annoyance

pain in the bum

disorganisation^UK

mess and a half

pig's breakfast

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Noun

(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety

apprehensiveness

butterflies in the stomach

unconsolability

dissatisfaction

disconsolateness

downheartedness

screaming abdabs

heaviness of heart

discontentedness

nervous tension

screaming habdabs

mental suffering

broken-heartedness

heavy-heartedness

discombobulation

sense of foreboding

screaming meemies

pins and needles

emotional suffering

heavyheartedness

mid-life crisis

nervous excitement

mistrustfulness

disillusionment

emotional strain

fear and trembling

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

clinical depression

one's black dog

postnatal depression

endogenous depression

slough of despond

reactive depression

loss of confidence

lack of confidence

lack of enthusiasm

living day to day

heartbrokenness

fit of ill temper

fit of bad temper

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Noun

A person or thing that causes annoyance or difficulty

pain in the bum

pain in the neck

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

thorn in the flesh

source of irritation

source of annoyance

thorn in one's side

troublesomeness

bane of one's life

source of vexation

burr under someone's saddle

source of difficulty

trials and tribulations

burr in someone's saddle

thorn in your side

apprehensiveness

inopportuneness

source of aggravation

source of trouble

uphill struggle

tough assignment

tiresome person

pain in the behind

cause for concern

cause of annoyance

chip on your shoulder

uncomfortableness

source of disruption

cause of distress

incommodiousness

a thorn in someone's side

butterflies in the stomach

mind-numbing experience

hard row to hoe

hard mountain to climb

boring situation

matter of contention

point of contention

fatal attraction

spanner in the works

monkey wrench in the works

fly in the ointment

concerning matter

stumbling block

difficult situation

stroke of bad luck

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Noun

A feeling that one does not know the truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

distrustfulness

mistrustfulness

lack of certainty

lack of confidence

lack of conviction

apprehensiveness

reconsideration

second thoughts

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

questionableness

questionability

lack of faith in

lack of confidence in

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Noun

Lack of comprehension or understanding

incomprehension

misunderstanding

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

incredulousness

false impression

mistaken belief

false interpretation

misappreciation

miscommunication

wrong end of the stick

erroneous belief

miscomprehension

misidentification

not understanding

failure to understand

missing the point

not getting the point

mistaken impression

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

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Noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of material on itself and tightening it

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Noun

Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements

motley collection

patchwork quilt

complicatedness

omnium-gatherum

dog's breakfast

pig's breakfast

omnium gatherum

scissors-and-paste job

random selection

random collection

Whitman's sampler

diversification

disorganization^US

wide assortment

heterogeneous mixture

disorganisation^UK

all shapes and sizes

wide collection

large assortment

vast assortment

extensive variety

comprehensive selection

extensive range

homogenization^US

homogenisation^UK

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