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flummox Definition

flum·mox (fluməks)

transitive verb

Slang to confuse; perplex

Etymology: < ?

flummox Usage Examples

Subject

  • question: Nothing looks more stupid than a candidate who is flummoxed by a question about their own work history.

Preposition: by

  • question: Nothing looks more stupid than a candidate who is flummoxed by a question about their own work history.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: The small group waiting were somewhat flummoxed What to do?
  • completely: If you still find yourself completely flummoxed, pay someone else to do the work for you.
  • still: I'm still flummoxed as to what to do!
  • totally: We were recently shown an issue of the New Yorker magazine and we were totally flummoxed thereby.
  • so: Jo and I were so flummoxed by the whole place that at supper we just sat and gawped at the otherness of it all.
  • n't: And hopefully the one-way system at the other end wo n't flummox me too much.

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