flummox

Meaning

1. (transitive) To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
2. (intransitive, uncommon) To give in, to give up, to collapse.

Synonyms

mystify

bewilder

confuse

nonplus

stupefy

amaze

get

stick

dumbfound

vex

gravel

baffle

daze

bemuse

perplex

pose

puzzle

discomfit

beat

fox

🦊

disrupt

dissolve

fold

fuddle

heterodyne

immingle

immix

intermix

jumble

meld

mingle

mix

mix in

mix up

motley

obfuscate

obscure

paddle

randomise

ravel

resolve

rile

rumple

scramble

snarl

sophisticate

stagger

stir

stir up

stump

Translations

sconcertare

sbalordire

verwirrt

σαστίζω

ahurir

verblüffen

abasourdir

verdummen

αναστατώνω

embajanir

ζαλίζω

εκπλήσσω

καταπλήσσω

benommen machen

verblöden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflʌməks/

Etymology

Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily. [OED]. First use appears c. 1837 in the writings of Charles Dickens.