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stumped en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal) Perplexed, confused.
    • So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped. 2018 December 28, Catherine Shoard, “Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick”, in The Guardian:
    • I'm stumped by this question.
  2. (not-comparable, of a batsman) out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.
  3. (archaic, slang) Done for; bankrupt or ruined.
    • "Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred." 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 11, page 577:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most stumped Degree=Sup lexicographic
more stumped Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unstumped

Synonyms

nonplussed · bewildered · at a loss · lost · puzzled · perplexed · confused · bemused · baffled · flummoxed

Translations (22)

sh zaglavila (baffled) · yi סטאַמפּט (baffled) · ka დაბნეულები (baffled) · es perplejo (baffled) · eo trompus (baffled) · it perplesso (baffled) · nl perplex (baffled) · mi pōnitiniti (baffled) · haw kumu (baffled) · fr perplexe (baffled) · es sin respuesta (baffled) · pt perplexo (baffled) · es sin idea (baffled) · la perspicuum fecerit (baffled) · es sin idea de cómo contestar (baffled) · ca tret (baffled) · th นิ่งงัน (baffled) · mi pōkaku (baffled) · eu nahasturik (baffled) · nv tsístłʼah naayá (baffled) · am እንደማይመለከትህ (baffled) · mi hanepī (baffled)

stumped en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of stump
    form of stump