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To confound or perplex someone

To make something more complex

To fill with distress or alarm

To cause (someone) to be confused or perplexed

To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

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To confound or perplex someone

baulk^UK

balk^US

make someone scratch their head

be all Greek to

catch off balance

cause to be at a stand

stop someone in their tracks

take your breath away

knock the stuffing out of

take the wind out of your sails

hit like a ton of bricks

shatter

knock for a loop

put one away

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“They were perplexing a subject plain in itself.”

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To make something more complex

“Why then endeavor to perplex the issue in this manner?”

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To fill with distress or alarm

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

terrorise^UK

terrorize^US

appal^UK

appall^US

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

fill with consternation

put someone off their stroke

plague

fret

muddle

put someone off their stride

put out of countenance

make someone scratch their head

set someone back on their heels

agonize^US

agonise^UK

pull the rug from under

pull the rug out from under

cause anguish to

chafe

cause to be at a stand

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

balk^US

baulk^UK

take the wind out of your sails

worst

make self-conscious

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

cause someone to lose their composure

stop someone in their tracks

tantalise^UK

tantalize^US

send chills down the spine of

scare to death

scare the pants off

fill with fear

make one's hair stand on end

scare the bejesus out of

scare stiff

frighten to death

frighten the living daylights out of

throw into a panic

scare someone out of their wits

scare the living daylights out of

throw into a blue funk

hurt somebody's feelings

antagonize^US

knock the stuffing out of

antagonise^UK

rub you up the wrong way

drive round the twist

put someone's nose out of joint

give someone the hump

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To cause (someone) to be confused or perplexed

make someone scratch their head

cause to be at a stand

cause to lose your bearings

tie somebody in knots

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To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)

tantalise^UK

tantalize^US

breathe down someone's neck

carp at

make somebody's hackles rise

get on someone's case

agonize^US

agonise^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

weigh heavily on someone's mind

drive round the twist

antagonize^US

scandalize^US

antagonise^UK

scandalise^UK

zing

misplease

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

give someone the hump

put someone's nose out of joint

rub you up the wrong way

make your blood boil

raise your hackles

ruffle one's feathers

grumble at

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

drive you up the wall

push someon's buttons

criticize^US

exhaust someone's patience

victimize^US

get on someone's back

criticise^UK

set one's teeth on edge

weigh heavily on one's mind

do someone's head in

tyrannize^US

mess with someone's head

victimise^UK

tyrannise^UK

have a down on

make fun of

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