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flummoxed

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English

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Etymology

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From flummox +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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flummoxed (comparative more flummoxed, superlative most flummoxed)

  1. Confused, perplexed or flustered.
    Synonyms: bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped; see also Thesaurus:confused
    He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.
    • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 85:
      ‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’
    • 2022 April 21, Roger Cohen, “Macron and Le Pen Trade Punches in Pivotal Debate on France’s Future”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      “What would you have done?” he demanded more than once of Ms. Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response. She did not seem to have one and looked flummoxed.

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Verb

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flummoxed

  1. simple past and past participle of flummox

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