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Definitions for Confound

[1] to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
[2] to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people.
[3] to throw into increased confusion or disorder.
[4] to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake: truth confounded with error.
[5] to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.
[6] to damn (used in mild imprecations): Confound it!
[7] to contradict or refute: to confound their arguments.
[8] to put to shame; abash.
[9] Archaic . to defeat or overthrow. to bring to ruin or naught.
[10] Obsolete . to spend uselessly; waste.
[11] to astound or perplex; bewilder
[12] to mix up; confuse
[13] to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things)
[14] (kɒnˈfaʊnd ) to curse or damn (usually as an expletive in the phrase confound it! )
[15] to contradict or refute (an argument, etc)
[16] to rout or defeat (an enemy)
[17] obsolete to waste

Words related to Confound

mystify, perplex, bewilder, discombobulate, rattle, puzzle, astound, baffle, amaze, startle, faze, astonish, embarrass, surprise, dumbfound, discomfit, discountenance, blend, nonplus, pose

Words nearby Confound

conformance, conformation, conformational analysis, conformist, conformity, confound, confounded, confraternity, confrere, confront, confrontation

Origin of Confound

1250–1300; Middle English conf(o)unden < Anglo-French confoundre < Latin confundere to mix, equivalent to con- con- + fundere to pour

Other words from Confound

con·found·a·ble , adjective
con·found·er , noun
con·found·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·con·found , verb (used with object)
pre·con·found , verb (used with object)
un·con·found , verb (used with object)
un·con·found·ing , adjective
un·con·found·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Confound

C13: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere to mingle, pour together, from fundere to pour

Synonyms for Confound

amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bewilder, discombobulate, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, startle, surprise, abash, befog, blend, bug, commingle, confute, discomfit, discountenance, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, misidentify, mix, nonplus, pose, throw, metagrobolize, mix up, screw up