flummoxed

[fluhm-uhkst]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flummoxed¹

First recorded in 1835–40; flummox ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) flummoxed for def. 1, and flummox ( def. ) + -ed ¹ flummoxed for def. 2

Example Sentences

"I was flummoxed, then fuming about it. They seemed to dismiss the fact that the plane turned around," she said.

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There’s a look in his eye like a hungry mutt staring at a butcher shop window: pathetic and moony and flummoxed by how to get what he wants.

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Meanwhile, progressives are flummoxed by the right, yet again.

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Anderson — flummoxed as he watched Montgomery come to the mound as he called on right-hander Connor Brogdon from the bullpen — has only finished the fifth inning twice in his past five starts.

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Long ago it became evident that when even the most sophisticated AI systems are flummoxed by a question or task, they fill in the blanks in their own knowledge by making things up.

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Related Words

• baffled 
• befuddled 
• bewildered 
• dazed 
• disorganized 
• distracted 
• muddled 
• perplexed 
• perturbed 
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