flummox(v = verb.cognition) amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
is one way to bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
Sample sentences: The bad news will flummox him; The good news will flummox her

flummox, v.tr. colloq. bewilder, confound, disconcert.

Etymology:
19th c.: prob. dial., imit.