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flummoxed

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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adj

Meaning 1

Confused, perplexed or flustered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, confused, confuzzled, dazed, dazzled, discombobulated, disconcerted, dumbfounded, flabagasted, flabbergasted, flabbergastered, flummoxed, flustered, fluttered, jumbled, lost for words, minussed, misled, mixed up, muddled, muzzy, nonplussed, not with it, out of it, out to lunch, punch-drunk, puzzled, spaced out, speechless, stymied, thrown, up a tree

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of flummox

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From flummox + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: perplex — totally confused or puzzled
  • Dutch: verbluft — totally confused or puzzled
  • Dutch: verbijsterd — totally confused or puzzled
  • French: déconcerté — totally confused or puzzled
  • German: verblüfft — totally confused or puzzled
  • German: verwirrt — totally confused or puzzled
  • Italian: sconcertato — totally confused or puzzled
  • Māori: pōnitiniti — totally confused or puzzled
  • Portuguese: desconcertado — totally confused or puzzled
  • Russian: смущённый (smuščónnyj) — totally confused or puzzled
  • Spanish: desconcertado — totally confused or puzzled