'Confound' definitions:

Definition of 'confound'

From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]
verb
Mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: confuse, confound]

Definition of 'Confound'

From: GCIDE
  • Confound \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. [1913 Webster]
  • They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • Let us go down, and there confound their language. --Gen. xi. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely. [1913 Webster]
  • They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. [1913 Webster]
  • The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They trusted in thee and were not confounded. --Ps. xxii. 5. [1913 Webster]
  • So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • One man's lust these many lives confounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour? --Shak.
  • Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'confound'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Confound'