Meaning of CONFOUND
| Pronunciation: | | kân'fawnd
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- [v] be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- [v] mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
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CONFOUND is a 8 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, mistake, throw |
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| | See Also: | | amaze, baffle, be, beat, bewilder, construe, demoralize, disorient, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, interpret, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, see, stupefy, vex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confounding}.] [F. confondre,
fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere
to pour. See {Fuse} to melt, and cf. {Confuse}.]
1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be
distinguished; to confuse.
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for
them, but confound them with words, must have
endless dispute. --Locke.
Let us go down, and there confound their language.
--Gen. xi. 7.
2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and
pilferers, and were often confounded with the
gypsies. --Macaulay.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike
with amazement; to dismay.
The gods confound... The Athenians both within and
out that wall. --Shak.
They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps.
xxii. 5.
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as
mute, confounded what to say. --Milton.
4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.
Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat;
terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See {Abash}.
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