- 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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- To confound means to cause confusion or perplexity12345. It can also mean to mix up or fail to distinguish between things1. Additionally, it can mean to make something bad worse1. Confounding can throw a person or situation into increased confusion or disorder2. It can also surprise and confuse someone34. Finally, it can mean to refute or put to shame5.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.tr.v. con·found·ed, con·found·ing, con·founds 1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at perplex. 2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: Don't confound fiction and fact. 3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.www.thefreedictionary.com/confoundverb (used with object) to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him. to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people. to throw into increased confusion or disorder.www.dictionary.com/browse/confoundus / kənˈfaʊnd / uk / kənˈfaʊnd / to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation: An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead. The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/conf…Britannica Dictionary definition of CONFOUND [+ object] 1 : to surprise and confuse (someone or something) The strategy confounded our opponents. The murder case has confounded investigators.www.britannica.com/dictionary/confound: to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity tactics to confound the enemy 2 a : refute sought to confound his arguments b : to put to shame : discomfit a performance that confounded the criticswww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confound
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