flummoxed

[ fluhm-uhkst ]
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adjective
  1. Informal. utterly bewildered, confused, or puzzled:When I walk into a store to buy video equipment and see the multitude of options, I’m befuddled and flummoxed.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of flummox.

Origin of flummoxed

1
First recorded in 1835–40; flummox + -ed2 for def. 1, and flummox + -ed1 for def. 2

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