| outwit(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| overcome(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| perplex(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| prevent(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| put off his or her stride(expression, idiom, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| put out |
| reproach(verb, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| ridicule(verb, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| shoot down(verb, expression, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| smear(verb, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| stain(verb, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| take aback(expression, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| take down(verb, expression, discredit, humiliate, embarrass) |
| take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, discredit, humiliate) |
| throw(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| thwart(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| trouble |
| trump(distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| vex(verb, upset, distress, unsettle, embarrass) |
| weigh down |