transitive. To astonish, confound, mystify.

To discomfit in mind or feelings; to abash, disconcert, put to shame; to distract, perplex, bewilder; = confound, v. 3 4 Till 19th cent. only passive.

To throw into confusion of mind or feelings; so to surprise and confuse (a person) that he loses for the moment his presence of mind, and…

To confound or trouble the mind or senses; to perplex, puzzle. Obsolete.

transitive. To be beyond the range or compass of (a faculty or expression); to be too great for, transcend.

transitive. To bewilder, confuse. Usually in passive.

transitive. To bewilder.

transitive. ? To choke. Only in Lydgate, in somewhat obscure figurative senses; ? to baffle, perplex, hamper.

Now Scottish and English regional (northern).(a) transitive. To bewilder, to lead astray; (b) intransitive to be bewildered, to go wrong; to rave, go…

transitive. To outwit.

transitive. Esp. of something complicated or unexplained: to cause (a person) to feel troubled by deep uncertainty; to puzzle greatly; to baffle…

transitive. To bewilder, perplex, confuse; to cause (a person) to wander in mind. Usually in passive (also reflexive). Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

transitive. To bewilder, confound; = amuse, v. 4b.

transitive. To involve (something) in obscurity or perplexity; to confuse or bewilder (a person). Also with up. Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive of steadiness; to render unsteady.

figurative. To involve in difficulties; to engage (a person) in undertakings, quarrels, etc., from which it is difficult to withdraw; to embarrass…

transitive. To disorientate; to fascinate, hold spellbound.

To entangle or ensnare (an animal or person); to involve in toils; to embarrass, perplex.

= distract, v.

To throw into a state of mind in which one knows not how to act; to perplex or bewilder greatly. (Often coloured by sense 6, which is, however, no…

transitive. To confuse, muddle, mystify; to intoxicate, befuddle.

transitive. To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to exhaust, overcome, stupefy; (occasionally) to pester (cf. mither, v. 2). Chiefly reflexive or in passive…

transitive. To cause (a person) to gaze meditatively, wonderingly, or intently; (hence) to confuse, perplex, bewilder, puzzle. Obsolete (archaic in…

transitive. To confuse or bewilder (a person, mental process, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To puzzle greatly.

figurative but without explicit reference to 3. Of a question, difficulty, practice, subject of discussion, etc.: To prove embarrassing to; to…

transitive. To confuse, confound, muddle. Chiefly in past participle.

transitive. To perplex, bewilder, confound (the brain, mind, will, etc.); (also) to apply (one's brain or mind) to a difficult or perplexing question.

transitive. To trick, deceive, cheat; to embarrass, puzzle, perplex. Now rare.

transitive. Of a question, problem, subject, etc.: to present with difficulties with regard to resolution or understanding; to perplex, confound.

transitive. To puzzle, mystify, confound.

to affect with fumes.

transferred and figurative. To stupefy, muddle, confuse (also †with up). Formerly also of delight, etc.: To ‘intoxicate’. (In quots. 1617 1678…

figurative. To torment, to prove a ‘crux’ to.

transitive. figurative. To confuse, confound.

figurative. To entangle mentally, to confuse. Obsolete.

transitive. To render giddy, to daze.

figurative; esp. to render at a loss how to act, or what to think; to perplex, bewilder.

= puzzle, v. ? Hence ˈbuzzle-ˌheaded adj. (but cf. bustle-headed, adj.).

transitive. To puzzle.

To make a dunce of; to treat as a dunce; (formerly) spec. to puzzle, mystify, confound. transitive. Also with adverbs, as around, out.

transitive. To make (a person's brain, etc.) confused or lose the ability to think clearly; to muddle; (also) to prevent (an action, etc.) from…

transitive. To entangle as in a labyrinth. Obsolete. rare.

To bewilder, confuse.

transitive. To cause to flounder: to confound, embarrass. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause (a person) to ponder; to perplex. Obsolete.

transitive. To turn from the east; to cause to ‘lose one's bearings’; to put out, disconcert, embarrass.

transitive. To cause (a person, the mind, etc.) to feel uncertain; to confuse, perplex. Now rare.

transitive. To confound, confuse.

transitive. To entangle, confuse, perplex.

transitive. To put into mental confusion; to confuse, bewilder, ‘muddle’.

transitive. To stun, bewilder, or overwhelm (a person), esp. with incessant noise; to stupefy; to deafen.

transitive. To bewilder, cause puzzlement to (a person). Obsolete. rare.

To throw into mental confusion and disorder. Now dialect and U.S.

transitive. To bewilder.

transitive. To flurry, confuse.

figurative.

transitive. To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy (a person or his or her faculties); (also) (U.S. slang) to befuddle with alcohol, render drunk (cf. obfus…

transitive. To puzzle.

= fluster, v.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1d(a).)

transitive. To perplex, puzzle, bewilder (a person), esp. intentionally. Sometimes also: to play on the credulity of; to hoax, to dupe. Also intrans…

transitive. To confuse, bewilder, muddle.

transitive. To confound, bewilder; to amaze, astound. Now chiefly in to boggle the mind: to be bewildering, astounding, or mentally overwhelming; cf…

figurative. To render unsteady.

transitive. To confuse. (Cf. stammer, v. 4.)

transitive. colloquial. To disconcert or confuse (someone); to disturb, upset. Cf. to throw out 8b at phrasal verbs, to throw off 7b at phrasal verbs.

To cause to take a serpentine direction; to wind. Also, to bring into a condition by serpentine behaviour.

To throw (a person or thing) off the balance.

To puzzle: cf. Sc. to kittle. Scottish dialect.

transitive. To confuse or confound (a person, the mind, etc.); to bewilder, mystify. Also intransitive: to become confused or hazy. Sometimes with up.

transitive (often in passive). To deceive, confuse, or astound (a person or group); to bamboozle, bewilder.

To cause to wander, lead astray; also figurative to confuse in mind, bewilder. Chiefly colloquial or humorous.

transitive. To cause to lose concentration; to disconcert, confuse, ‘throw’. Also: to cause to be mistaken, to mislead.

transitive. colloquial. With indirect question as subject: to be impossible for (a person) to understand; to baffle or perplex. Cf. beat, v.1 10c.

To confuse, perplex, make nervous (esp. in passive). Also (Australian), to make drunk.

To make stupid with tippling; also, to confuse, to stupefy.

To disconnect the gearing of. Also figurative.

colloquial (originally U.S.). transitive. To damage or disturb (a person), esp. psychologically; to confuse; to cause problems for.