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v. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at puzzle.

v. To fail to distinguish; mix up: confound fiction and fact.

v. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.

v. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.

v. To damn.

v. To frustrate: trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.

v. Archaic To bring to ruination.

v. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.

v. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

v. To make something worse.

v. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

v. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

v. To damn (a mild oath).

v. To bring to ruination.

v. To stun, amaze

n. a confounding variable

v. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

v. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

v. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

v. To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

To mingle confusedly together; mix indiscriminately, so that individuals, parts, or elements cannot be distinguished; throw into disorder; confuse.

To treat or regard erroneously as identical: mix or associate by mistake.

To throw into confusion; perplex with sudden disturbance, terror, or surprise; stupefy with amazement.

To destroy; bring to naught; overthrow; ruin; spoil.

Hence such interjectional phrases as confound it! confound the fellow! which are relics of the fuller imprecations, God confound it! God confound the fellow ! etc.

To waste or spend uselessly, as time.

Synonyms See list under confuse. Confuse, etc. See abash.

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

v. mistake one thing for another

"Don't let the long product name confound you: this adapter is very easy to use and comes with software that will let you burn DVDs."

confounded    confounding    confounds   

mistake    misidentify   

defeat    dismay    abash    terrify    blend    confuse    intermingle    astonish    baffle    mix   

Pound    Sound    abound    aground    around    astound    bound    browned    compound    crowned   

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