flummoxed

flummox +‎ -ed

flummoxed (comparative more flummoxed, superlative most flummoxed)

1. Confused, perplexed or flustered.

   Synonyms: bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped; see also Thesaurus:confused

   He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise.

   • 2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 85:

     ‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’

   • 2022 April 21, Roger Cohen, “Macron and Le Pen Trade Punches in Pivotal Debate on France’s Future”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     “What would you have done?” he demanded more than once of Ms. Le Pen, without ever getting a direct response. She did not seem to have one and looked flummoxed.

flummoxed

1. simple past and past participle of flummox

• kerflummoxed