What does flummoxed mean?
Flummoxed means Confused, perplexed or flustered..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
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.
Use flummoxed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flummoxed means Confused, perplexed or flustered..
Common synonyms include bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.
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