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
Scheffler was flummoxed by the pin placement on No. 11 during Thursday’s round.
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Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
On the supply side, many have been flummoxed by the failure of OPEC+’s production increases to dampen price expectations.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
This has flummoxed analysts, who are venturing guesses about what’s going on.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 27 July 2025
This process revealed entry points into the text that weren’t visible before, obscured by the reader’s first emotional response to the content, or to the experience of being flummoxed.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
On the supply side, many have been flummoxed by the failure of OPEC+’s production increases to dampen price expectations.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
This has flummoxed analysts, who are venturing guesses about what’s going on.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 27 July 2025
This process revealed entry points into the text that weren’t visible before, obscured by the reader’s first emotional response to the content, or to the experience of being flummoxed.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flummox
Verb
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Many historians have been perplexed by how such a seemingly simple man as Shakespeare could have written works of such grandeur and depth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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Norman is perplexed by shootings like this.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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And aren’t our real-life romantic complications bewildering enough?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its ginormous investments in higher-value, tech-heavy sectors from smartphones to autos to semiconductors to biotechnology are disrupting the global landscape at bewildering speed.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That’s baffling to me that it was even checked.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Willis, a seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker who starred for the San Francisco 49ers, was baffled by Jerry Jones sending Parsons to Green Bay.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This decision could confuse your friends.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The season ended with the two attending a sleepover at Cody's house after his mom confused Beavis and Butt-Head with her son's friends.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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After getting entangled in a puzzling murder, the two go on the run to solve the case while also trying to piece their relationship back together.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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This mystery puzzled scientists because ice was not supposed to behave like that.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Or just confused vibes, such as when one player befuddled another by doing his best Puddy from Seinfeld on a plane impersonation.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The Padres were mostly befuddled by Giants starter Kai-Wei Teng for three innings last night.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Flummox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flummox. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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