ALL meanings of confound
con·found
C c - verb confound If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. 3
- verb confound to astound or perplex; bewilder 3
- verb confound to mix up; confuse 3
- verb confound to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things) 3
- verb confound to curse or damn (usually as an expletive in the phrase confound it!) 3
- verb confound to contradict or refute (an argument, etc) 3
- verb confound to rout or defeat (an enemy) 3
- verb confound to waste 3
- verb transitive confound to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; confuse 3
- verb transitive confound to make feel confused; bewilder 3
- verb transitive confound to damn 3
- verb transitive confound to defeat or destroy 3
- verb transitive confound to abash 3
- verb with object confound to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him. 1
- verb with object confound to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people. 1
- verb with object confound to throw into increased confusion or disorder. 1
- verb with object confound to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake: truth confounded with error. 1
- verb with object confound to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated. 1
- verb with object confound to damn (used in mild imprecations): Confound it! 1
- verb with object confound to contradict or refute: to confound their arguments. 1
- verb with object confound to put to shame; abash. 1
- verb with object confound Archaic. to defeat or overthrow. to bring to ruin or naught. 1
- verb with object confound Obsolete. to spend uselessly; waste. 1
- noun confound Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), esp. by acting against their expectations. 1
- abbreviation CONFOUND confuse 1
- transitive verb confound plans, expectations: frustrate 1
- verb confound To cause to be ashamed; to abash. 0
- verb confound To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart. 0
- verb confound (dated) To damn (a mild oath). 0
- verb confound (archaic) To bring to ruination. 0
- verb confound To stun, amaze. 0
- noun confound (statistics) a confounding variable. 0
- verb confound To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle. 0
- verb confound To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong. 0
- verb confound To make something worse. 0