confound[verb]Synonyms: bewilder, astound, baffle, confuse, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex
Antonyms: discriminate, distinguish
Related Idioms: take aback
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con‧found /kənˈfaʊnd/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: 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 amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.2. to prove someone or something wrong
confound the critics/pundits/experts etc United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.3. formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc
4. formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it:
Her question completely confounded me.5. confound it/him/them etc old-fashioned used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something
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