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Flummoxed
flə-məksd
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Uncertain, mid 19th century
 
1
Totally confused or bewildered
2
Utterly unable to understand or comprehend
 
 
 
Examples of Flummoxed in a sentence
 
"The complex equations in his physics course left him completely flummoxed."
 
"She was flummoxed by all of the big, confusing words inserted into the legal agreement."
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