confound
to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people.
to throw into increased confusion or disorder.
to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake: truth confounded with error.
to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.
to damn (used in mild imprecations): Confound it!
to contradict or refute: to confound their arguments.
to put to shame; abash.
Archaic.
to defeat or overthrow.
to bring to ruin or naught.
Obsolete. to spend uselessly; waste.
Origin of confound
1Other words for confound
Other words from confound
- con·found·a·ble, adjective
- con·found·er, noun
- in·ter·con·found, verb (used with object)
- pre·con·found, verb (used with object)
- un·con·found, verb (used with object)
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British Dictionary definitions for confound
/ (kənˈfaʊnd) /
to astound or perplex; bewilder
to mix up; confuse
to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things)
(kɒnˈfaʊnd) to curse or damn (usually as an expletive in the phrase confound it!)
to contradict or refute (an argument, etc)
to rout or defeat (an enemy)
obsolete to waste
Origin of confound
1Derived forms of confound
- confoundable, adjective
- confounder, noun
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