3
abash(verb, upset, bother, disturb, defeat)
3
bewilder(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
3
blindsided
3
devastate(verb, shock, shake, shatter, astonish)
3
discombobulate(verb, disturb, distress, agitate, frustrate)
3
flabbergast(verb, shock, confuse, overwhelm, shake)
3
frighten(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
3
shake(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
3
unsettle(verb, disturb, defeat, distress, shock)
3
upset(verb, disturb, defeat, distress, shock)
2
appall(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
2
awe(verb, start, shock, confuse, agitate)
2
ball over
2
confuse(verb, alarm, throw, confound, surprise)
2
discompose(verb, upset, bother, disturb, defeat)
2
disturb(verb, upset, bother, defeat, distress)
2
electrify(verb, shock, confuse, overwhelm, alarm)
2
flummox(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock)
2
knock for six(verb, expression, idiom, overwhelm, alarm)
2
knock out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, shock, commotion)
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