verb · transitive · rare

flummox

flummox · flummoxes · flummoxed · flummoxing

дістати, отримувати, діставати

приводить в замешательство, смущать

verwirren, verblüffen

To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergastTo confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

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/ˈflʌməks/

» The whole thing is just flummoxing to me.

Для мене це все просто незбагненно.

Вся ця справа мене збиває з пантелику.

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
verwirren, verblüffen
смуща́тьsmuščátʹ, приводить в замешательство
(intransitive, uncommon)To give in, to give up, to collapse.

More definitions

be a mystery or bewildering to

Examples

4 sentences

The whole thing is just flummoxing to me.
Для мене це все просто незбагненно.
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He was too flummoxed to reply.
deEr war zu verblüfft, um zu antworten.
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I was rather flummoxed when I saw that the date on the plane ticket I had been given was from last year.
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The atheist completely flummoxed her opponent in the debate by asking, "And who created God?"
deDie Atheistin verwirrte ihr Gegenüber in der Diskussion völlig, indem sie fragte: „Und wer hat Gott erschaffen?“
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast:

Origin

Uncertain, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefords

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.

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