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Confound Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confound? [v] be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [v] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confound: bedevil \| befuddle \| confuse \| discombobulate \| fox \| fuddle \| mistake \| throw Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confound: abash \| accurse \| addle \| adulterate \| alloy \| amaze \| anathematize \| answer \| answer conclusively \| appall \| argue down \| astonish \| astound \| awe \| awestrike \| baffle \| balk \| ball up \| bamboozle \| beat \| bedaze \| bedazzle \| befog \| bewilder \| blaspheme \| blast \| blur \| blur distinctions \| boggle \| bollix up \| bowl down \| bowl over \| brave \| break \| bring to ruin \| buffalo \| canker \| cap \| cast down \| chagrin \| challenge \| cheapen \| checkmate \| circumvent \| coarsen \| complicate \| condemn \| confound \| confront \| confuse \| confute \| consume \| contaminate \| contradict \| contravene \| controvert \| corrupt \| counter \| counteract \| countermand \| counterwork \| cross \| crush \| curse \| damn \| darn \| dash \| daze \| dazzle \| deal destruction \| debase \| debauch \| decimate \| defeat \| defile \| deflower \| defy \| degenerate \| degrade \| demolish \| denature \| deny \| deprave \| depredate \| desecrate \| desolate \| despoil \| destroy \| devalue \| devastate \| devour \| discomfit \| discompose \| disconcert \| disconfirm \| discountenance \| dish \| dismay \| dismiss \| dispose of \| disrupt \| dissolve \| distort \| dumbfound \| dumbfounder \| elude \| embarrass \| embrangle \| engorge \| entangle \| evert \| excommunicate \| execrate \| faze \| finish \| flabbergast \| floor \| flummox \| foil \| foul up \| frustrate \| fuddle \| fulminate against \| fumble \| garble \| get \| gobble \| gobble up \| gut \| gut with fire \| havoc \| hex \| implicate \| imprecate \| incinerate \| infect \| involve \| jumble \| jumble together \| keep in suspense \| knock the chocks \| knot \| lay in ruins \| lay waste \| lick \| louse up \| maze \| mess up \| misdeem \| misidentify \| misuse \| mix \| mix up \| mortify \| muck up \| muddle \| mystify \| nonplus \| overlook distinctions \| overthrow \| overturn \| overwhelm \| panic \| paralyze \| parry \| perplex \| pervert \| petrify \| pi \| play hob with \| poison \| pollute \| pose \| prostitute \| put out \| put to flight \| put to rout \| put to silence \| puzzle \| ramify \| rattle \| ravage \| ravel \| ravish \| rebut \| reduce to silence \| refute \| riffle \| rout \| ruin \| ruinate \| sabotage \| scatter \| scotch \| scramble \| screw up \| settle \| shipwreck \| shuffle \| shut up \| silence \| smash all opposition \| snafu \| snarl \| snarl up \| spike \| spoil \| squash \| squelch \| stagger \| stampede \| startle \| stick \| stonewall \| strike dead \| strike dumb \| strike with wonder \| stumble \| stump \| stun \| stupefy \| subvert \| surprise \| swallow up \| taint \| take aback \| tangle \| throw \| throw a whammy \| throw into confusion \| throw into disorder \| thunder against \| thwart \| tumble \| twist \| ulcerate \| undermine \| unleash destruction \| unleash the hurricane \| upheave \| upset \| vandalize \| vaporize \| violate \| vitiate \| vulgarize \| warp \| waste \| wrack \| wreak havoc \| wreck See Also \| amaze \| baffle \| be \| beat \| bewilder \| construe \| demoralize \| disorient \| disorientate \| dumbfound \| flummox \| get \| gravel \| interpret \| mystify \| nonplus \| perplex \| pose \| puzzle \| see \| stupefy \| vex Confound In Webster's Dictionary \Confound"\ (k[o^]nfound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confounding}.] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt, and cf. {Confuse}.] 1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse. They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. --Locke. Let us go down, and there confound their language. --Gen. xi. 7. 2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely. They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. --Macaulay. 3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak. They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps. xxii. 5. So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton. 4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.] One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak. How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak. Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See {Abash}.

Confound Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confound?

[v] be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
[v] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

Confound In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confounding}.] [F. confondre,
fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere
to pour. See {Fuse} to melt, and cf. {Confuse}.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
   distinguished; to confuse.

         They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for
         them, but confound them with words, must have
         endless dispute.                      --Locke.

         Let us go down, and there confound their language.
                                               --Gen. xi. 7.

2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

         They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
         pilferers, and were often confounded with the
         gypsies.                              --Macaulay.

3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike
   with amazement; to dismay.

         The gods confound... The Athenians both within and
         out that wall.                        --Shak.

         They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps.
                                               xxii. 5.

         So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as
         mute, confounded what to say.         --Milton.

4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]

         One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.

         How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.

Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat;
     terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See {Abash}.

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