flummox

flum·mox (flmks)

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Verb

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flummox – be a mystery or bewildering to; “This beats me!”; “Got me–I don’t know the answer!”; “a vexing problem”; “This question really stuck me” baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, amaze, stupefy, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get stump, mix up – cause to be perplexed or confounded; “This problem stumped her” befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw – be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; “These questions confuse even the experts”; “This question completely threw me”; “This question befuddled even the teacher” riddle – set a difficult problem or riddle; “riddle me a riddle” elude, escape – be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; “What you are seeing in him eludes me”