häkellyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• befuddle verb To perplex, confuse (someone).
• bemuse verb To confuse or bewilder.
• 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 perplex, confuse (someone).
2. verb To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.

bemuse — full definition

1. verb To confuse or bewilder.
2. verb To be amused, especially sardonically.
3. verb To devote to the Muses.
4. verb To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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