Confound
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈfaʊnd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Confound is a verb meaning To perplex or puzzle.
Meaning
To perplex or puzzle.
More Meanings
- To stun or amaze.
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- (sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- (dated) To damn (a mild oath).
Example Sentences
His actions confounded the skeptics.
Don't confound the situation by yelling.
There the freſh and ſalt water would meete and be confounded together, […]
And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.
Word Forms
- confounds
- confounding
- confounded
Synonyms for confound
Depending on context, synonyms include puzzle, confuse, mix up, addle, baffle, lose.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include befuddle, confuse, fuddle, discombobulate, bedevil, mistake.
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