Flummox
verb
To confuse or puzzle someone.
The math problem completely flummoxed the class.
Often appears as...
- completely flummoxed
- utterly flummoxed
verb
To confuse or puzzle someone.
The math problem completely flummoxed the class.
Often appears as...
- completely flummoxed
- utterly flummoxed
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Surprise
Use 'flummox' when someone is surprised and confused, not just lacking understanding.
The plot twist in the movie flummoxed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Confusion
'Flummox' implies a sudden state of confusion, often temporary.
His strange behavior flummoxed his friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
'Flummox' is less common in everyday speech; it's more colorful and vivid.
The foreign custom flummoxed the tourists.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Surprise
Use 'flummox' when someone is surprised and confused, not just lacking understanding.
The plot twist in the movie flummoxed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Confusion
'Flummox' implies a sudden state of confusion, often temporary.
His strange behavior flummoxed his friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
'Flummox' is less common in everyday speech; it's more colorful and vivid.
The foreign custom flummoxed the tourists.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexpected Surprise
Use 'flummox' when someone is surprised and confused, not just lacking understanding.
The plot twist in the movie flummoxed the audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Confusion
'Flummox' implies a sudden state of confusion, often temporary.
His strange behavior flummoxed his friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Everyday
'Flummox' is less common in everyday speech; it's more colorful and vivid.
The foreign custom flummoxed the tourists.
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I essentially drag sledges for a living, so it doesn't take an awful lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question
Video examples
The Real Scorpion King PIPE...
was an amazing sensation because it was just so new and different things like the Scorpion may said radically change people's perceptions they took them back to a time for which they had no texts it was really there were flummox they
Video examples
Why bother leaving the...
I essentially drag sledges for a living, so it doesn't take an awful lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question
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