Synonyms and related words :
Gordian knot, abecedarian, addle, amaze, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, astonish, astound, baffle, bafflement, balk, bamboozle, beat, bewilderment, blast, boggle, bother, brave, bring up short, buffalo, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confoundment, confront, confuse, confusion, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, crush, crux, dabbler, dash, daze, defeat, defy, demolish, deny, destroy, dilemma, dilettante, discomfit, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, dish, dismay, dismiss, dispose of, disrupt, disturbance, dumbfound, elude, embarrassment, enigma, faze, finish, fix, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, foil, frustrate, fuddle, get, jam, keep in suspense, knock the chocks, knot, knotty point, lick, maze, muddle, mystery, mystify, node, nodus, nonprofessional, overcome, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, oxymoron, paradox, paralyze, parry, perplex, perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pons asinorum, poser, pother, predicament, problem, put to silence, puzzle, puzzlement, quandary, rattle, rebut, reduce to silence, refute, riddle, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scrape, settle, shock, shut up, silence, smash all opposition, smatterer, spike, spoil, squash, squelch, stew, stick, stonewall, stop, stump, stun, stymie, subvert, take aback, teaser, throw, thwart, tyro, unassuredness, undermine, upset, vexed question