| foil(defeat, distress, perplex, unsettle, vex) |
| irk(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| make self-conscious(expression, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| make uncomfortable(expression, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| outwit(defeat, distress, perplex, unsettle, vex) |
| overcome(defeat, distress, perplex, unsettle, vex) |
| perplex(defeat, distress, disconcert, unsettle, vex) |
| perturb(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| prevent(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| put off his or her stride(expression, idiom, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| rattle(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| ruffle(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| take aback(expression, defeat, distress, disconcert, unsettle) |
| throw(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| thwart(defeat, distress, perplex, unsettle, vex) |
| trump(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| unnerve(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| unsettle(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, vex) |
| upset(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |
| vex(defeat, distress, disconcert, perplex, unsettle) |