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confound
[ kon-found, kuhn-; kon-found ]
verb (used with object)
The complicated directions confounded him.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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.
confound
/ əˈڲʊԻ /
verb
- to astound or perplex; bewilder
- to mix up; confuse
- to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things)
- ɒˈڲʊԻ 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
Derived Forms
- DzˈڴdzܲԻ, noun
- DzˈڴdzܲԻ岹, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·ڴdzܲԻ·· adjective
- Dz·ڴdzܲԻ· noun
- ·ٱ·Dz·ڴdzܲԻ verb (used with object)
- ·Dz·ڴdzܲԻ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·Dz·ڴdzܲԻ verb (used with object)
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of confound1
Example Sentences
But again and again events pop up to complicate and confound any apparently linear path towards it.
A bold Aries woman like Selena seemed to confound Abraham, with his work ethic and headstrong personality.
To welcome the appellation of "b***h" is confounding on the face of it, since it was by and large recognized as a profane term of abuse.
He effectively used his splitter and confounded his opponents by throwing in an occasional curveball.
That one inexplicable blip at Twickenham will confound experts for the rest of time.
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