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In some senses, stumped is marked as informal, archaic, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
stumped
adj 3
Collocations
4VERB + STUMPED
get, getting, got
STUMPED + NOUN
it's, mary, problem, student's
PREP.
on
ADV.
really
Definitions
adj
1
Perplexed, confused.
I'm stumped by this question.
So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped.
2
out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.
3
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."
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I'm stumped by this question.
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So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped.
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"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."
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He was stumped by the problem.
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I'm stumped.
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Tom was stumped by the problem.
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