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bamboozled collapse

stumped collapse

mystified collapse

nonplussed collapse

at a loss collapse: below cost; "sold the car at a loss"

Gordian knot collapse: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia; any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms

quandary collapse

baffled collapse: people who are frustrated and perplexed; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled"; perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"

syllogism collapse: deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

on tenterhooks collapse

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

impasse collapse

licked collapse: having been got the better of; "I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet"

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

paralogism collapse: an unintentionally invalid argument

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

addled collapse: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"; (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

bafflement collapse

node collapse: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network; any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part; (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane; (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system; any thickened enlargement; a connecting point at which several lines come together

puzzled collapse

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

dazed collapse: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"; stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)

in suspense collapse

floored collapse: provided with a floor

perplexed collapse: full or difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

quagmire collapse

poser collapse: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

muddled collapse

mood collapse: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

enigma collapse

fuddled collapse

baffle collapse: a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy; check the emission of (sound)

teaser collapse: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"; an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show; an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest; a worker who teases wool

perplexity collapse: trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

nonplus collapse

pickle collapse: vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar; preserve in a pickling liquid

crux collapse: the most important point

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