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Definition of flummox in English: flummoxverb ˈflʌməksˈfləməks [with object]informal Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder. 〈非正式〉使大为困惑，使不知所措 I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing Example sentencesExamples - The response could have been a little quicker, but not even the oddest requests could flummox the staff.
- But the latest poster campaign to hit the streets of Witham has flummoxed residents.
- When he arrived at the crash site, a mile away, he was flummoxed.
- Mr Rawson said he was completely flummoxed by the decision taken by the bank.
- Integral calculus, in the first term of 1987, flummoxed me and I squeaked by with 52%.
- Her friend was flummoxed so she included a question about men shaving in her next column.
- When they weren't directing their energies against their seaside rivals, the Richmond students sometimes flummoxed their own teachers.
- When he picked up his first job application, he was flummoxed.
- Civic officials are flummoxed as there is a ban on killing stray dogs.
- We had the usual conversation about life here, and he was just flummoxed by the place.
- Even the Ministry of Information official who accompanied me was flummoxed.
- ‘It would be too long if we included everything,’ he explained to his somewhat flummoxed customers.
- He was flummoxed at such a response to the announcement of a quiz, so he repeated, ‘Today I am taking a quiz’.
- But at the Jinnah in Micklegate this week I was flummoxed.
- But try to get this Glasgow lassie to explain her design philosophy and she's flummoxed.
- I was flummoxed by this quiz question recently: When was the England batting opened in a Test by a rugby and a soccer international?
- The ultimate junk closet was flummoxing my Mother.
- Venus Williams is becoming an old hand at press conferences, but even she was flummoxed by one question that came her way after losing out to sister Serena in the final.
- After reading his post, I'm equally flummoxed - but I fear this will not be the last of blog regulation.
- Still others see bureaucracies that flummox mere students.
Synonyms baffle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse, confound, nonplus, disconcert, throw, throw off balance, disorientate, take aback, set thinking informal bamboozle, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, make someone's head spin, floor, fog North American informal buffalo archaic wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, distract, pose rare obfuscate baffled, bewildered, mystified, bemused, perplexed, puzzled, confused, confounded, nonplussed, disconcerted, thrown, thrown off balance, at sea, at a loss, disorientated, taken aback informal bamboozled, discombobulated, fazed, stumped, beat, foxed, floored Canadian & Australian/New Zealand informal bushed archaic wildered, distracted, mazed
OriginMid 19th century: probably of dialect origin; flummock 'to make untidy, confuse' is recorded in western counties and the north Midlands. Definition of flummox in US English: flummoxverbˈfləməksˈfləməks [with object]usually be flummoxedinformal Perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder. 〈非正式〉使大为困惑，使不知所措 he was completely flummoxed by the question Example sentencesExamples - After reading his post, I'm equally flummoxed - but I fear this will not be the last of blog regulation.
- I was flummoxed by this quiz question recently: When was the England batting opened in a Test by a rugby and a soccer international?
- ‘It would be too long if we included everything,’ he explained to his somewhat flummoxed customers.
- Still others see bureaucracies that flummox mere students.
- Mr Rawson said he was completely flummoxed by the decision taken by the bank.
- But the latest poster campaign to hit the streets of Witham has flummoxed residents.
- Her friend was flummoxed so she included a question about men shaving in her next column.
- Even the Ministry of Information official who accompanied me was flummoxed.
- When he arrived at the crash site, a mile away, he was flummoxed.
- But at the Jinnah in Micklegate this week I was flummoxed.
- Integral calculus, in the first term of 1987, flummoxed me and I squeaked by with 52%.
- But try to get this Glasgow lassie to explain her design philosophy and she's flummoxed.
- We had the usual conversation about life here, and he was just flummoxed by the place.
- Venus Williams is becoming an old hand at press conferences, but even she was flummoxed by one question that came her way after losing out to sister Serena in the final.
- He was flummoxed at such a response to the announcement of a quiz, so he repeated, ‘Today I am taking a quiz’.
- When they weren't directing their energies against their seaside rivals, the Richmond students sometimes flummoxed their own teachers.
- When he picked up his first job application, he was flummoxed.
- The ultimate junk closet was flummoxing my Mother.
- The response could have been a little quicker, but not even the oddest requests could flummox the staff.
- Civic officials are flummoxed as there is a ban on killing stray dogs.
Synonyms baffle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse, confound, nonplus, disconcert, throw, throw off balance, disorientate, take aback, set thinking baffled, bewildered, mystified, bemused, perplexed, puzzled, confused, confounded, nonplussed, disconcerted, thrown, thrown off balance, at sea, at a loss, disorientated, taken aback
OriginMid 19th century: probably of dialect origin; flummock ‘to make untidy, confuse’ is recorded in western counties and the north Midlands. |