aus der Fassung bringen — meaning in English

English meaning

• agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
• baffle verb To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
• faze verb To disturb, unsettle, or worry someone (usually used in the negative, "not fazed").

Senses

aus der Fassung bringen is used for these senses in English:

• baffle To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]
• discomfit (transitive) To embarrass (someone) greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
• faze (transitive, informal) To frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off (usually used in the negative); to disconcert, to perturb. [from mid 19th c.]
• shake up (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To upset or distress (a person).

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 confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
2. verb To defeat, frustrate, or thwart (someone or their efforts, plans, etc.); to confound, to foil.
3. verb Of weather or wind: to hinder or prevent (a ship or its crew) from advancing.
4. verb To dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control (a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound).

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