flummoxed
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flummoxed
Where it comes from
From flummox + -ed.
adjective more flummoxed · most flummoxed
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Confused, perplexed or flustered.
He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.
Similar: bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled
verb
- simple past and past participle of flummox
Translations
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adj totally confused or puzzled
| Español | desconcertado |
|---|---|
| Português | desconcertado |
| Français | déconcerté |
| Deutsch | verblüfft, verwirrt |
| Italiano | sconcertato |
| Русский | смущённый smuščónnyj |
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