to flummox
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8.6
- verb
- /ˈflʌməks/
:
confundir
- The difficult math problem completely flummoxed the students during the exam.
Examples
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"Hey, Denise, how are you?" Denise turned her attention to him, still flummoxed.
Fiction book (2001) -
You are completely flummoxed.
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And l was flummoxed by what he was saying, because he would never give anything away.
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When the tickets arrived, I was flummoxed as to what to do with them.
Blog text (34) -
"Don't try to flummox us," one of them said.
Fiction book (1994) -
Got all flummoxed and turned around somehow.
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"Yes, absolutely, and in addition, your average gentleman would have been positively flummoxed by her offer."
Fiction book (2001) -
My heart ached for both women, but I was flummoxed about what to do.
Blog text (15) -
All this is preface to say that I was completely flummoxed by the words.
Blog text (4) -
" Officials at the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity say they are flummoxed by the actions."
Blog text (34)
Synonyms
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1.9
Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand
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7.0
To be too difficult for someone to understand
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4.9
To make someone feel confused when something is hard to understand
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5.3
To make someone very confused and unable to understand
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7.2
To be so surprised or confused that you hesitate and cannot think clearly
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5.3
To make someone unable to answer a question
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6.3
To make someone confused and unable to understand
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5.3
Make someone very confused and unable to think clearly
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6.5
To make someone confused by making something seem mysterious
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7.0
Make someone unable to think clearly
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7.0
To surprise someone so much that they cannot speak or answer
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7.8
To make someone very confused so they cannot think clearly
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7.5
To make someone feel confused or unable to understand
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9.9
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
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5.5
To make someone nervous so they cannot think clearly
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7.7
To confuse someone by making something hard to understand
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9.4
To confuse someone and make them unable to think clearly
Surprise and confuse a person so they do not know what to do
To annoy or puzzle someone
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
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Etymology
Flummox likely comes from an old English dialect word flummock meaning 'to confuse', with a playful link to fox, which can mean 'to trick'. So, to flummox someone is to make them completely confused and unsure what to do.