as in to perplex
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
an actor who's easily flummoxed by any changes in the script
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Recent Examples of flummox
When asked to cross-match a photo of Woody from 1945 with one from 1965, the computer was flummoxed.
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Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
Trump’s tariff obsession flummoxes conventional economists, who see it as a potentially disastrous driver of inflation and trade wars.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Scribes and touts were flummoxed: What happened out there?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Instead, the Atlantic Ocean is enveloped in a rare and strange calm that has flummoxed forecasters and reset their expectations.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
Trump’s tariff obsession flummoxes conventional economists, who see it as a potentially disastrous driver of inflation and trade wars.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
Scribes and touts were flummoxed: What happened out there?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Instead, the Atlantic Ocean is enveloped in a rare and strange calm that has flummoxed forecasters and reset their expectations.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flummox
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Many fans seemed to be perplexed by the performance, as many remained seated.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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These aren’t the only causes of the crash, which has left the community perplexed about the cause and any potential fixes or precautions users can take.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Americans and Brits, being less royalist and more empirical in temperament, are bewildered by the general French understanding that the top thinker is supposed to be imperious and maximalist.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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She remains moved by a frank conversation with a boat captain in Copenhagen who was bewildered about people in the US having registries for honeymoons and also births.Rosie Bell, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
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Amid the fallout over Donald Trump‘s recent rally, John Oliver is baffled at the former president’s apparent response to backlash from Puerto Ricans.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2024
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Karen Swift’s mysterious and violent death had remained unresolved for more than a decade, and Ashley, then 20, was baffled by her father’s arrest.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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While the technical side of blockchain may still confuse most people, the concept of digital currency is mainstream.Lisa Loud, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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All these bases on balls confused fans back in Los Angeles; nobody walks in L.A.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Most were puzzled about how the car came to be buried on the property in the first place...and why.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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And those puzzling propositions need extra pondering.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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After Pakman explains the way tariffs harm American companies, Kelly seems befuddled.Allison Morrow, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Shopping within the Dash Smart Shelf product category was just as befuddling as going directly to Amazon.com.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Mar. 2021
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“Flummox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flummox. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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