FLUMMOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flummox mean? 

• FLUMMOX (verb)
  The verb FLUMMOX has 1 sense:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

  Familiarity information: FLUMMOX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUMMOX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they flummox    ... he / she / it flummoxes   
Past simple: flummoxed   
Past participle: flummoxed   
-ing form: flummoxing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex

Context example:

This question really stuck me

Hypernyms (to "flummox" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flummox"):

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will flummox him
The good news will flummox her