10
dumfound(verb, wonder)
10
snarl(verb, disorder, fail, slip, spoil)
10
startle(verb, upset, bother, provoke, excite)
10
tangle(verb, upset, disorder, fail, obscure)
9
defeat(verb, upset, break, beat, overcome)
9
discompose(verb, upset, trouble, get, hurt)
9
entangle(verb, upset, obscure, confuse, arrangement)
9
floor(verb, upset, trouble, beat, hurt)
9
shame(verb, upset, trouble, crush, obscure)
9
stymie(verb, hinder, frustrate)
8
addle(verb, upset, trouble, clear, disorder)
8
confute(verb, upset, break, reduce, ruin)
8
dismay(verb, adjective, upset, break, trouble)
8
disorganize(verb, disorder, disturb, confuse, destruction)
8
fox(verb, confuse, baffle, throw, perplex)
8
frustrate(verb, upset, trouble, beat, bother)
8
mortify(verb, upset, trouble, cause, crush)
8
perturb(verb, upset, trouble, get, hurt)
8
petrify(verb, shock, commotion, wonder, frighten)
8
take aback(verb, expression, upset, disturb, distress)
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