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Definitions for Confounding
[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 Confounding
confoundmystify, perplex, bewilder, discombobulate, rattle, puzzle, astound, baffle, amaze, startle, faze, astonish, embarrass, surprise, dumbfound, discomfit, discountenance, blend, nonplus, pose
Words nearby Confounding
confoundconformance, conformation, conformational analysis, conformist, conformity, confound, confounded, confraternity, confrere, confront, confrontation
Origin of Confounding
1250–1300; Middle English conf(o)unden < Anglo-French confoundre < Latin confundere to mix, equivalent to con- con- + fundere to pour
Other words from Confounding
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 Confounding
C13: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere to mingle, pour together, from fundere to pour
Synonyms for Confounding
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