häkellyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• befuddle verb To make someone feel confused or unable to think straight.
• bemuse verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
• overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.

Senses

häkellyttää is used for these senses in English:

• befuddle (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
• bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
• overwhelm To overpower emotionally.

befuddle — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel confused or unable to think straight.
2. verb To make someone dazed or unsteady, especially through drink.

bemuse — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
2. verb To find something funny, often in a mocking way.
3. verb To dedicate something to the Muses, the goddesses of the arts.
4. verb To make someone drunk.

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