ETYM Old Eng. adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. from Icel. öthlask to acquire property, akin to othal property. Related to Allodial.
1. To become rotten; of eggs.
2. To mix up or confuse; SYN. muddle, puddle.

1. To be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; SYN. throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate.
2. To cause to feel embarrassment; SYN. flurry, consternate, disconcert, put off.
3. To make unclear or incomprehensible.
4. To make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; SYN. blur, obscure.

1. To make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something
2. To make intricate or involved; complicate
3. To be a mystery or bewildering to:; SYN. get a puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, trounce.

1. To cause to lose one's composure; SYN. discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit.
2. To defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
3. To disturb the balance or stability of