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
This noticeably flummoxed Alcaraz, who seemed confused about his route to victory.
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The event precipitated a massive response that plunged the region into chaos and left world leaders flummoxed by its ricochet.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
But by the end of the week, which ended with a big sell-off in Friday’s session , we were flummoxed by the decline in yields.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Moynihan was flummoxed when India asked to deepen its collaboration.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
The event precipitated a massive response that plunged the region into chaos and left world leaders flummoxed by its ricochet.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
But by the end of the week, which ended with a big sell-off in Friday’s session , we were flummoxed by the decline in yields.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Moynihan was flummoxed when India asked to deepen its collaboration.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flummox
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Pritzker’s roughly 10-minute interview followed a week when Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs roiled stock markets and left American investors, businesses and the nation’s trading partners perplexed about what the president is attempting to achieve.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Curious onlookers can expect to catch a glimpse of the full moon's peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 12, 2025, yet the lack of a rosy hue may leave many people perplexed.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Across the street, her husband Steve, who nursed Molly through her first fight with breast cancer a few years earlier, sits bewildered in the office of their couples therapist.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Carlie thinks the whole thing is hilarious, and Chelsea remains bewildered by any King Cake Baby obsession.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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Two endangered whales are baffling researchers by continuing to show up along a stretch of U.S coast that is not part of their turf, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s mass tariffs have baffled Americans, creating uncertainty for the average consumer, according to industry leaders.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Rob Lowe was recently confused for another celebrity during a Hollywood bus tour.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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For decades, audiences have confused the two for one another — a line that's gotten all the more blurry as the Grammy winner launched her acting career and the Emmy winner began singing in multiple projects, including her turn as Sally Bowles in the 2014 Broadway revival of Cabaret.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Finding today's Connections puzzle a little bit tricky?—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Mathematicians have finally solved a geometry problem that has puzzled the field for decades.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a former British penal colony whose leader is befuddled that it was targeted.—
Rod Mcguirk and Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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But a slew of other quirks and glitches made Monday’s Athletics home opener in West Sacramento befuddling, before and after first pitch.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Flummox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flummox. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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