flummox

Meaning

1. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
2. 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

stun

tangle

throw

toss

tussle

upset

addle

throw together

adulterate

agitate

befog

befuddle

blend

break up

buffalo

clutter

commingle

commix

compound

concoct

confect

confound

derange

disarrange

disarray

discombobulate

disorganize

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.