flummox

flum·mox

F0205300 (flŭm′əks)tr.v. flum·moxed, flum·mox·ing, flum·mox·es Informal To confuse; perplex.

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[Probably of English dialectal origin.]

flummox

(ˈflʌməks) vb (tr) to perplex or bewilder[C19: of unknown origin]

flum•mox

(ˈflʌm əks)

v.t. Informal. to bewilder; confound; confuse. [1830–40; orig. uncertain]

flummox

Past participle: flummoxed
Gerund: flummoxing

Imperative
flummox
flummox

Present
I flummox
you flummox
he/she/it flummoxes
we flummox
you flummox
they flummox

Preterite
I flummoxed
you flummoxed
he/she/it flummoxed
we flummoxed
you flummoxed
they flummoxed

Present Continuous
I am flummoxing
you are flummoxing
he/she/it is flummoxing
we are flummoxing
you are flummoxing
they are flummoxing

Present Perfect
I have flummoxed
you have flummoxed
he/she/it has flummoxed
we have flummoxed
you have flummoxed
they have flummoxed

Past Continuous
I was flummoxing
you were flummoxing
he/she/it was flummoxing
we were flummoxing
you were flummoxing
they were flummoxing

Past Perfect
I had flummoxed
you had flummoxed
he/she/it had flummoxed
we had flummoxed
you had flummoxed
they had flummoxed

Future
I will flummox
you will flummox
he/she/it will flummox
we will flummox
you will flummox
they will flummox

Future Perfect
I will have flummoxed
you will have flummoxed
he/she/it will have flummoxed
we will have flummoxed
you will have flummoxed
they will have flummoxed

Future Continuous
I will be flummoxing
you will be flummoxing
he/she/it will be flummoxing
we will be flummoxing
you will be flummoxing
they will be flummoxing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been flummoxing
you have been flummoxing
he/she/it has been flummoxing
we have been flummoxing
you have been flummoxing
they have been flummoxing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been flummoxing
you will have been flummoxing
he/she/it will have been flummoxing
we will have been flummoxing
you will have been flummoxing
they will have been flummoxing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been flummoxing
you had been flummoxing
he/she/it had been flummoxing
we had been flummoxing
you had been flummoxing
they had been flummoxing

Conditional
I would flummox
you would flummox
he/she/it would flummox
we would flummox
you would flummox
they would flummox

Past Conditional
I would have flummoxed
you would have flummoxed
he/she/it would have flummoxed
we would have flummoxed
you would have flummoxed
they would have flummoxed

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

flummox - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, getstump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

flummox

verb baffle, confuse, stump, perplex, defeat, fox, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, stymie, bamboozle (informal), bring up short, nonplus This system has the potential to flummox most car thieves.

flummox

verbInformal. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say:confound, nonplus.Informal: stick, stump, throw.Slang: beat.Idiom: put someone at a loss.

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