hämmentää — meaning in English

English meaning

• agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
• baffle verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
• befuddle verb To make someone feel confused or unable to think straight.
• bemuse verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
• bewilder verb To make someone feel confused, especially when faced with lots of options.
• churn verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
• discombobulate verb To make someone feel confused or muddled.
• disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
• ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
• fluster verb To make someone flustered, confused, or momentarily panicked.
• jog noun A slow, steady run, often done for exercise.
• perplex verb To make someone feel confused because they cannot understand something.
• roil verb To disturb a liquid so that the sediment at the bottom mixes through it.
• stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
• stump noun The part of a tree, plant, or limb left behind after the rest has been cut off.

Senses

hämmentää is used for these senses in English:

• baffle To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
• befuddle (transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
• bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
• churn (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
• discombobulate (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
• disturb (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
• ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
• ferment To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.

agitate — full definition

1. verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
2. verb To shake or stir something with force.
3. verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.

baffle — full definition

1. verb To leave someone completely confused, unable to work something out.
2. verb To stop someone's plans or efforts from succeeding.
3. verb (nautical) Of wind or weather, to make it difficult for a ship to make headway.
4. verb To slow down or control the flow of a liquid, gas, light or sound.

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