'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
- abash,
- accurse,
- addle,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- amaze,
- anathematize,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- appall,
- argue down,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- baffle,
- balk,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- beat,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- befog,
- bewilder,
- blaspheme,
- blast,
- blur,
- blur distinctions,
- boggle,
- bollix up,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- brave,
- break,
- bring to ruin,
- buffalo,
- canker,
- cap,
- cast down,
- chagrin,
- challenge,
- cheapen,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- coarsen,
- complicate,
- condemn,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- confute,
- consume,
- contaminate,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- corrupt,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- crush,
- curse,
- damn,
- darn,
- dash,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deal destruction,
- debase,
- debauch,
- decimate,
- defeat,
- defile,
- deflower,
- defy,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- demolish,
- denature,
- deny,
- deprave,
- depredate,
- desecrate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devalue,
- devastate,
- devour,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- disconfirm,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- dismay,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- disrupt,
- dissolve,
- distort,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- elude,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- engorge,
- entangle,
- evert,
- excommunicate,
- execrate,
- faze,
- finish,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- fulminate against,
- fumble,
- garble,
- get,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- havoc,
- hex,
- implicate,
- imprecate,
- incinerate,
- infect,
- involve,
- jumble,
- jumble together,
- keep in suspense,
- knock the chocks,
- knot,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- lick,
- louse up,
- maze,
- mess up,
- misdeem,
- misidentify,
- misuse,
- mix,
- mix up,
- mortify,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- mystify,
- nonplus,
- overlook distinctions,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- panic,
- paralyze,
- parry,
- perplex,
- pervert,
- petrify,
- pi,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- pose,
- prostitute,
- put out,
- put to flight,
- put to rout,
- put to silence,
- puzzle,
- ramify,
- rattle,
- ravage,
- ravel,
- ravish,
- rebut,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- riffle,
- rout,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- sabotage,
- scatter,
- scotch,
- scramble,
- screw up,
- settle,
- shipwreck,
- shuffle,
- shut up,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- snafu,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- spike,
- spoil,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stagger,
- stampede,
- startle,
- stick,
- stonewall,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- subvert,
- surprise,
- swallow up,
- taint,
- take aback,
- tangle,
- throw,
- throw a whammy,
- throw into confusion,
- throw into disorder,
- thunder against,
- thwart,
- tumble,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- undermine,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- upset,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck