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flummoxed

adj

Etymology

From flummox + -ed.

Definitions

  1. Confused, perplexed or flustered.

    • He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.
    • ‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’
    • “What would you have done?” he demanded more than once of Ms. Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response. She did not seem to have one and looked flummoxed.

  2. simple past and past participle of flummox

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