What does kerflummoxed mean?
Kerflummoxed means Discombobulated, flummoxed.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Discombobulated, flummoxed.
Jest for a minute he looked all kerflummoxed ; then ’e spoke up, bold’s brass, an says ’e, ‘Good mornin’, Hannah.
I kerflummoxed them. By the time they had done speakin’, I quite forgot what you told me to say ; but I up and told them that I had been man and boy at sea for forty years, and that I never yet had a teetotal mate that went on the spree but he kept on it for three weeks.
When I received it back for the fourth or fifth time I was completely kerflummoxed.
Certainly I was kerflummoxed and I expect it showed.
Use kerflummoxed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kerflummoxed means Discombobulated, flummoxed.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Jest for a minute he looked all kerflummoxed ; then ’e spoke up, bold’s brass, an says ’e, ‘Good mornin’, Hannah.
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