MEANING
To confuse someone so that they do not know what to do or say.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- flummox an expert
- thoroughly flummoxed
On the page
The unfamiliar controls flummoxed even the most experienced driver.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- flummox
- Past tense
- flummoxed
- Past participle
- flummoxed
- Present participle
- flummoxing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- flummox
- Present continuous
- am/is/are flummoxing
- Present perfect
- have/has flummoxed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been flummoxing
- Past
- flummoxed
- Past continuous
- was/were flummoxing
- Past perfect
- had flummoxed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been flummoxing
- Future
- will flummox
- Future continuous
- will be flummoxing
- Future perfect
- will have flummoxed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been flummoxing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: flummox; flummoxes; flummoxed; flummoxed; flummoxing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: flummoxes.
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