flummoxed

adjective

flum·moxed ˈflə-məkst

-mikst

Synonyms of flummoxed next

: completely unable to understand : utterly confused or perplexed

Then, perforce, his eyes returned to the highway as he headed for I-95 and South Carolina, the most flummoxed driver on the road.—

Clive Gammon

"Seems to know as much about the inside of my larders as I do myself!" thought Mr. Baggins, who was feeling positively flummoxed…—

J. R. R. Tolkien

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The moments when his campaign has seemed the most flummoxed, the most pessimistic, are the ones when everyone seems to be paying attention to her, not him. —

Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024 As the next 15 minutes passed, flummoxed festival techs hovered over monitors and turntables stage left. —

Mark Gray, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 Complaints hover around common themes, both exasperated and annoyed, flummoxed and even exploited, all connecting to Kidman. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024 Like most people above the age of 6, Jennifer Twomey and Traci Paige Johnson were both flummoxed and fascinated by the sudden popularity of unboxing videos in the mid 2010s. —

Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flummoxed