- verbconfound (verb) · confounds (third person present) · confounded (past tense) · confounded (past participle) · confounding (present participle)
- cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations:"the inflation figure confounded economic analysts"
- prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction) wrong:"the rise in prices confounded expectations"
- defeat (a plan, aim, or hope):"we will confound these tactics by the pressure groups"
- archaicoverthrow (an enemy):"God chose to use natural disorders to confound Pharaoh and the gods of Egypt"
- (be confounded with)mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish:"'nuke' is now a cooking technique, as microwave radiation is confounded with nuclear radiation"
exclamationdated- used to express anger or annoyance:"oh confound it, where is the thing?"
OriginMiddle English: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere ‘pour together, mix up’. Compare with confuse.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations:
- mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish:
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