English-Thai Dictionary

flummox

SL สับสน  sab-son

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flummox

flum mox |ˈfləməks ˈfləməks | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be flummoxed ) informal perplex (someone ) greatly; bewilder: he was completely flummoxed by the question. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably of dialect origin; compare with dialect flummock ‘to make untidy, confuse. ’

 

flummoxed

flum moxed |ˈfləməkst | ▶adjective bewildered or perplexed: he became flummoxed and speechless.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flummox

flummox |ˈflʌməks | ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal perplex (someone ) greatly; bewilder: I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably of dialect origin; flummock ‘to make untidy, confuse ’ is recorded in western counties and the north Midlands.

 

flummoxed

flum |moxed |ˈflʌməkst | ▶adjective bewildered or perplexed: he became flummoxed and speechless.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flummox

flummox verb informal at age ten, he created intricate math problems that flummoxed his teachers: baffle, perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound; informal faze, stump, beat, fox, be all Greek to, floor, discombobulate. WORD NOTE flummox There is greater intensity and more imagination in flummox than in its near relatives, baffle, perplex, confuse; the comical sound of the word adds to its strength —though the same can be said for discombobulate. Flummoxed conjures up a figure in momentary speechless paralysis, whereas discombobulated suggests a human contraption coming all to pieces. — JS Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flummox

flummox verb Linear B script had flummoxed generations of academics: baffle, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse, confound, nonplus, disconcert, throw, throw off balance, disorientate, take aback, set thinking; informal bamboozle, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, make someone's head spin, floor, fog; N. Amer. informal buffalo; archaic wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, distract, pose; rare obfuscate.

 

flummoxed

flummoxed adjective I was flummoxed until I remembered something: baffled, bewildered, mystified, bemused, perplexed, puzzled, confused, confounded, nonplussed, disconcerted, thrown, thrown off balance, at sea, at a loss, disorientated, taken aback; informal bamboozled, discombobulated, fazed, stumped, beat, foxed, floored; Canadian & Austral. /NZ informal bushed; archaic wildered, distracted, mazed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flummox

flum mox /flʌ́məks /動詞 他動詞 …を当惑させる ; 〖通例be ～ed 〗面食らっている, まごついている .名詞 C 失敗, ぶちこわし .