Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. Synonyms:bedevil, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw."This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"
... eyes soft and heavy with that languorous look which will quickest befuddle the sense of a man. "You tell; Ramon not hear," she hinted. "Ramon, he got plenty trobles for thinking about." She smiled again. "Ramon plenty long ways off. He got Bill Holmes for talking ... — The Heritage of the Sioux • B.M. Bower