Dictionary Definition
flummox v : 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" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
Translations
To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast
- Bosnian: zbuniti inf, trans
- Russian: смущать, приводить в замешательство
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abash,
addle, addle the wits,
baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bomb, bother, brave, bug, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, cloud, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, crap out,
cross, dash, daze, dazzle, deceive, defeat, defy, destroy, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dismay, disorganize, disorient, disrupt, disturb, draw a blank, drop a
bomb, drop the ball, elude, embarrass, entangle, fan, flop, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, foil, fold, fold up, fox, frustrate, fuddle, fuss, get left, hoodwink, knock the chocks, lay
an egg, lose out, maze,
mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mystify, nonplus, not hack it, not make
it, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, ruin, sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stonewall, strike out,
stump, stymie, take the count, throw
into confusion, thwart,
unsettle, upset, wash out, whiff