different between perplexed vs arduous

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?rpl?kst?, IPA^(key): /p??pl?kst/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?pl?kst?, IPA^(key): /p??pl?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst
• Hyphenation: per?plexed

Adjective

perplexed (comparative more perplexed, superlative most perplexed)

1. Confused or puzzled.
2. Bewildered.

Translations

Verb

perplexed

1. simple past tense and past participle of perplex

English

Etymology

From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???dju??s/, /???d??u??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????d??u?s/

Adjective

arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)

1. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
2. (obsolete) burning; ardent
   • 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy

3. Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
   • 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:

     Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.

Synonyms

• burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome

Derived terms

• arduousness

Related terms

• arduity

Translations

Further reading

• arduous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arduous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• arduous at OneLook Dictionary Search