confound

  • 11confound — confoundable, adj. confounder, n. confoundingly, adv. /kon fownd , keuhn /; for 6 usually /kon fownd /, v.t. 1. to perplex or amaze, esp. by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him. 2. to… …

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  • 12confound — con|found [kənˈfaund] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: confondre to ruin, destroy , from Latin confundere to pour together, confuse , from com ( COM ) + fundere to pour ] 1.) to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected ▪ His… …

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  • 13confound — UK [kənˈfaʊnd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms confound : present tense I/you/we/they confound he/she/it confounds present participle confounding past tense confounded past participle confounded 1) to make someone feel surprised or confused,… …

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  • 14confound — verb Confound is used with these nouns as the object: ↑expectation, ↑prediction, ↑sceptic …

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  • 15confound — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 16confound — con|found [ kən faund ] verb transitive 1. ) to make someone feel surprised or confused, especially by not behaving in the way they expect: She confounded her critics by winning the race. 2. ) if you are confounded by something, you cannot… …

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  • 17confound — [[t]kənfa͟ʊnd[/t]] confounds, confounding, confounded VERB If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. [V n] He momentarily… …

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  • 18confound — verb 1》 surprise or confuse.     ↘prove wrong.     ↘defeat (a plan, aim, or hope). 2》 (often be confounded with) mix up with something else. exclamation informal, dated used to express annoyance: oh confound it, where is the thing? Origin ME:… …

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  • 19confound — verb (T) 1 to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected: His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists. 2 formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc 3 formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it: Her… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20confound — con•found [[t]kɒnˈfaʊnd, kən [/t]] for 6usu. [[t]ˈkɒnˈfaʊnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to perplex or amaze; bewilder; confuse 2) to throw into confusion or disorder 3) to throw into increased confusion or disorder 4) to treat or regard erroneously as… …

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