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Confound Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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