mortify β to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
mystify β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
perturb β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
abash β to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
addle β If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
bedevil β If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
cloud β A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
clutter β Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
darken β If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
discomfit β to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
discompose β to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
discountenance β to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
faze β to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
fog β a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
fuddle β to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
nonplus β to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
rattle β to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
shame β the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
unhinge β to remove (a door or the like) from hinges.
mess up β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
stir up β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
throw off β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.