confound

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[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman confoundre, from Old French confondre.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to confound

Third person singular
confounds

Simple past
confounded

Past participle
confounded

Present participle
confounding

to confound (third-person singular simple present confounds, present participle confounding, simple past and past participle confounded)

  1. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.
  2. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
  3. To make something worse.
    Don't confound the situation by yelling.
  4. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
    His actions confounded the skeptics.
  5. To defeat.
  6. To damn.
    Confound you!
    Confound the lady!
  7. To frustrate.
  8. (archaic) To bring to ruination.

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[edit] Translations

to confuse
to confuse right and wrong
to make something worse
to cause to be ashamed
to defeat
to damn
to frustrate
to bring to ruination
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