flummoxed
adjective
flum·moxed
ˈflə-məkst 
-mikst
: 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
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
J. R. R. TolkienExamples of flummoxed in a Sentence
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Andrew Unterberger: It’s gotta be more about timing, because I am just flummoxed as to why this song of all songs is the one to take Hozier to the penthouse.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, two experts who monitor the San Diego real estate market carefully remain flummoxed at the terms of the deal.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Butler had a statistically impressive game—twenty-seven points, seven rebounds, and eight assists—but looked oddly flummoxed on the floor.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
Minnesota didn’t play poor defensively, but was seemingly flummoxed on the offensive end all night.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
Believe it or not, some of the flummoxed ESPN suits who Rodgers, and McAfee, have turned into punching bags had something to say, even putting words in Rodgers’ mouth.
—Bob Raissman, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
Yet researchers remain flummoxed in their generations-spanning quest to forge a superior theory of quantum gravity.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2023
And for a hundred years and more, pilgrims from the East and Midwest to this Pacific coast have sometimes found themselves a bit flummoxed over how to carry off a holiday built 400 years ago around the original Pilgrims on the Atlantic coast.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
Alas, those same analysts—this author included—remain flummoxed by events within Russia itself.
—Sam Greene, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2023
Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, two experts who monitor the San Diego real estate market carefully remain flummoxed at the terms of the deal.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Butler had a statistically impressive game—twenty-seven points, seven rebounds, and eight assists—but looked oddly flummoxed on the floor.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
Minnesota didn’t play poor defensively, but was seemingly flummoxed on the offensive end all night.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2024
Believe it or not, some of the flummoxed ESPN suits who Rodgers, and McAfee, have turned into punching bags had something to say, even putting words in Rodgers’ mouth.
—Bob Raissman, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
Yet researchers remain flummoxed in their generations-spanning quest to forge a superior theory of quantum gravity.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2023
And for a hundred years and more, pilgrims from the East and Midwest to this Pacific coast have sometimes found themselves a bit flummoxed over how to carry off a holiday built 400 years ago around the original Pilgrims on the Atlantic coast.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
Alas, those same analysts—this author included—remain flummoxed by events within Russia itself.
—Sam Greene, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2023
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