Confound
[kən'faʊnd]
Definition
(v. t.) To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
(v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
(v. t.) To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
(v. t.) To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Mingle (so that there can be no distinction), intermingle, mix, blend, confuse.[2]. Perplex, bewilder, embarrass, mystify, pose, nonplus, flurry.[3]. Surprise, amaze, astonish, astound, stupefy, bewilder, stun, startle, dumfounder, electrify, take by surprise, strike with wonder, strike dumb, petrify with wonder.[4]. Destroy, overthrow, ruin.[5]. Abash, confuse, disconcert, discompose, shame, mortify.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Confuse, disorder, trouble, disarrange, intermix, abash, astound, mystify,obscure, stupefy, disconcert, mix, blend, intermingle, perplex, discompose
ANT:Arrange, classify, order, allocate, distribute, dispense, unravel, enucleate,eliminate, elucidate, rally, enlighten
Typed by Blanche
Definition
v.t. to overthrow defeat: to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable: to throw into disorder: to perplex: to astonish.—p.adj. Confound′ed confused: astonished: (coll.) consummate egregious (a term of disapprobation).—advs. Confound′edly (coll.) hatefully shamefully: cursedly; Confound′ingly astonishingly.—Confound you an execration or curse.
Checker: Marie
Examples
- Confound you handsome young fellows! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dan said, Confound the idiot! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Confound Mrs. Rachael! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No, no; confound and curse me! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You'll only lose your own temper, and utterly confound Dinah. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You must not confound us with London in general, my dear sir. Jane Austen. Emma.
- You must not confound my meaning. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They must not be confounded together. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And really, after a day or two of confusion worse confounded, it was delightful by degrees to invoke order from the chaos ourselves had made. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Utterly confounded, Mr. George awhile stands looking at the knocker. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His whole gains, however, are commonly called profit, and wages are, in this case, too, confounded with profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She says that if I can afford to give a party I ought to be able to pay her confounded “little bill. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Somewhat confounded, Miss Wren parried the pleasantry, and sat down in a corner behind the door, with her basket in her lap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now you are confounding Antwerp with Amsterdam. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Don't try to go confounding the rights and wrongs of things in that way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is a mistake, into which the author has been led by trusting to his memory, and so confounding two places of the same name. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Eileen