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FLUMMOX

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• FLUMMOX (verb)
The verb FLUMMOX has 1 sense:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

Familiarity information: FLUMMOX used as a verb is very rare.

• FLUMMOX (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

mystify; baffle; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; puzzle; perplex; nonplus; stupefy; amaze; gravel; vex; pose; stick; beat; get

Context examples:

This beats me! / Got me--I don't know the answer! / a vexing problem / This question really stuck me

Hypernyms (to "flummox" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "flummox"):

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will flummox him
The good news will flummox her

"Health is better than wealth."
(English proverb)
"The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who kills with bullets will die by bullets."
(Corsican proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of fuddle
Meaning of discombobulate
Meaning of throw
Pronunciation of mix up
Meaning of escape

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