stumped

adjpuzzled

Synonyms for stumped

adj puzzled

Antonyms for stumped

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "remaining part of a severed arm or leg," from or cognate with Middle Low German stump (from adjective meaning "mutilated, blunt, dull"), Middle Dutch stomp "stump," from Proto-Germanic *stump- (cf. Old Norse stumpr, Old High German and German stumpf "stump," German Stummel "piece cut off"), perhaps related to the root of stub or stamp, but the connection in each case presents difficulties.

Earliest form of the word in English is a now-obsolete verb meaning "to stumble over a tree-stump or other obstacle," attested from mid-13c. Meaning "part of a tree trunk left in the ground after felling" is from mid-15c. Sense of "walk clumsily" is first recorded c.1600; that of "baffle" is first recorded 1807, perhaps in reference to plowing newly cleared land.

Example Sentences for stumped

Tom Sawyer was stumped; he see Jim had got him where he couldn't budge.

And off he stumped, leaving Cyrus staring after him, open-mouthed.

Shadrach was stumped, and he went to church that Sunday morning.

He had the keys of all the cabins, and stumped in after them.

But meanwhile Warboise had stumped off and told Ibbetson's wife.

And with that he turned his back and stumped up the steps after the curate.

It was now Tom's turn to be stumped, but he wouldn't let it be known.

He stumped back and forth in the narrow confines of the porch.

"We're not stumped, with five bear carcasses," hinted Private Johnson.

For a moment Barrow was stumped, then realized that it must be a greeting.

stumped

Synonyms for stumped

Antonyms for stumped

bewildered

confused

dumbfounded

mixed-up

muddle-headed

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bewildered

confused

dumbfounded

mixed-up

muddle-headed

Synonyms for stumped

befuddled