Meaning & use
flummox
To completely bewilder or confuse someone so they do not know what to think, say, or do.
See it in a sentence
The riddle flummoxed even the most experienced puzzle solvers at the competition.
She was flummoxed by the sudden change in the meeting's schedule and agenda.
A note on using this word
Flummox is informal and almost always appears in the passive form, as in flummoxed by something.
Words with a similar meaning
bafflebewilder
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