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flummoxed
[ fluhm-uhkst ]
adjective
- 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
- the simple past tense and past participle of flummox.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of flummoxed1
Example Sentences
The anti-abortion movement is, right now, flummoxed about what to do about that.
The actor and filmmaker was so flummoxed when his name was read by presenter Lupita Nyong’o that he admitted, “I didn’t think I would win.”
This year’s solid animation bunch splits neatly, between flummoxed kids with hope and injured adults trying to cope.
The Democrats, mainstream news media and the American public have been left flummoxed, confused and overwhelmed, as Rolling Stone details:
Soon after, a dad in a Bears sweatshirt and his three daughters walked in, looking as flummoxed as I had been.
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