flummoxed
adjective
[ ˈflʌməkst ]
• bewildered or perplexed.
• "he became flummoxed and speechless"
flummox
verb
• perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder.
• "I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing"
Similar:
baffle,
bewilder,
mystify,
bemuse,
perplex,
puzzle,
confuse,
confound,
nonplus,
disconcert,
throw,
throw off balance,
disorientate,
take aback,
set thinking,
bamboozle,
discombobulate,
faze,
stump,
beat,
fox,
be all Greek to,
make someone's head spin,
floor,
fog,
buffalo,
wilder,
gravel,
maze,
cause to be at a stand,
distract,
pose,
obfuscate,
baffled,
bewildered,
mystified,
bemused,
perplexed,
puzzled,
confused,
confounded,
nonplussed,
disconcerted,
thrown,
thrown off balance,
at sea,
at a loss,
disorientated,
taken aback,
bamboozled,
discombobulated,
fazed,
stumped,
foxed,
floored,
bushed,
wildered,
distracted,
mazed,
Origin:
mid 19th century: probably of dialect origin; flummock ‘to make untidy, confuse’ is recorded in western counties and the north Midlands.
