"confound" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈfaʊnd/ Audio: en-us-confound.ogg [US] Forms: confounds [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and Old French confondre, from Latin confundō (“to mingle, mix together”). Related to found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”) (but not to found (“to start”), nor to find) and to fusion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|confounden|t=destroy, ruin, perplex}} Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), {{der|en|xno|cunfundre}} Anglo-Norman cunfundre, {{der|en|fro|confondre}} Old French confondre, {{der|en|la|confundō|t=to mingle, mix together}} Latin confundō (“to mingle, mix together”), {{l|en|foundry}} foundry, {{m|en|found||to melt (metals in a foundry)|id=melt}} found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”), {{m|en|found||to start|id=start}} found (“to start”), {{m|en|find}} find, {{m|en|fusion}} fusion Head templates: {{en-noun}} confound (plural confounds)
  1. (statistics) A confounding variable. Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: confounder
    Sense id: en-confound-en-noun-cPODEB7E Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfaʊnd/ Audio: en-us-confound.ogg [US] Forms: confounds [present, singular, third-person], confounding [participle, present], confounded [participle, past], confounded [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and Old French confondre, from Latin confundō (“to mingle, mix together”). Related to found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”) (but not to found (“to start”), nor to find) and to fusion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|confounden|t=destroy, ruin, perplex}} Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), {{der|en|xno|cunfundre}} Anglo-Norman cunfundre, {{der|en|fro|confondre}} Old French confondre, {{der|en|la|confundō|t=to mingle, mix together}} Latin confundō (“to mingle, mix together”), {{l|en|foundry}} foundry, {{m|en|found||to melt (metals in a foundry)|id=melt}} found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”), {{m|en|found||to start|id=start}} found (“to start”), {{m|en|find}} find, {{m|en|fusion}} fusion Head templates: {{en-verb}} confound (third-person singular simple present confounds, present participle confounding, simple past and past participle confounded)
  1. To perplex or puzzle. Synonyms: puzzle Translations (to perplex or puzzle): verwirren (German), verblüffen (German)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-Zb3AUDpS Disambiguation of 'to perplex or puzzle': 81 1 7 1 2 3 2 1 1
  2. To stun or amaze. Translations (to stun or amaze): in Erstaunen versetzen (German), verblüffen (German)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb--GgUrv3z Disambiguation of 'to stun or amaze': 2 85 4 1 2 3 1 1 2
  3. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong. Synonyms: confuse, mix up, confuse Translations (to confuse): обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), слисвам (slisvam) (Bulgarian), zamlžit [perfective] (Czech), mást [imperfective] (Czech), verwarren (Dutch), hämmästyttää (Finnish), saattaa hämilleen (Finnish), verwirren (German), durcheinanderbringen (German), rugla (Icelandic), forvirre (Norwegian), confondre (Occitan), borrolar (Occitan), mesclar (Occitan), confundir (Portuguese), încurca (Romanian), сбива́ть с толку (sbivátʹ s tolku) (Russian), confundir (Spanish), şaşırtmak (Turkish), kafasını karıştırmak (Turkish), afallatmak (Turkish) Translations (to confuse right and wrong): обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), sekoittaa (Finnish), verwechseln (German), durcheinanderbringen (German), að sjá ekki mun á (Icelandic), confondre (Occitan), borrolar (Occitan), trebolar (Occitan), пу́тать (pútatʹ) (Russian), смешивать (smešivatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-fAOhsJZP Disambiguation of 'to confuse': 13 5 55 1 7 15 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'to confuse right and wrong': 6 2 77 1 3 8 1 0 1
  4. (sometimes proscribed) To make something worse. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Translations (to make something worse): влошавам (vlošavam) (Bulgarian), zhoršit [perfective] (Czech), verschlimmern (German), verschlechtern (German), gera vont verra (Icelandic), bæta gráu ofan á svart [idiomatic] (Icelandic), 악화하다 (akhwahada) (Korean), empejorar (Occitan), piorar (Portuguese), ухудшать (uxudšatʹ) (Russian), empeorar (Spanish), ciddileştirmek (Turkish), kötüleştirmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-85VlQ~r1 Disambiguation of 'to make something worse': 1 1 2 85 4 3 2 1 1
  5. To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-tiK1BqBO
  6. To cause to be ashamed; to abash. Translations (to cause to be ashamed): ⁧أَخْزَى⁩ (ʔaḵzā) (Arabic), засрамвам (zasramvam) (Bulgarian), hontigi (Esperanto), beschämen (German), niðurlægja (Icelandic), confondre (Occitan), desontir (Occitan), desvergonhar (Occitan), посрамлять (posramljatʹ) (Russian), utandırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-jMsvNVJD Disambiguation of 'to cause to be ashamed': 1 1 2 1 1 90 1 1 1
  7. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart. Translations (to defeat): verslaan (Dutch), besiegen (German), durchkreuzen (German), að sigra (Icelandic), confondre (Occitan), despoderar (Occitan), yenmek (Turkish) Translations (to frustrate): слисвам (slisvam) (Bulgarian), шашкам (šaškam) (Bulgarian), durchkreuzen (German), að ergja (Icelandic), boşa çıkarmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-G~NssJ~L Disambiguation of 'to defeat': 2 2 4 2 1 6 79 2 3 Disambiguation of 'to frustrate': 4 3 7 4 3 8 66 2 3
  8. (dated) To damn (a mild oath). Tags: dated Translations (to damn): проклинам (proklinam) (Bulgarian), kirota (Finnish), verfluchen (German), verdammen (German), zum Kuckuck wünschen (english: mild oath) (German), að bölva (Icelandic), maldire (Occitan), escumenjar (Occitan), escomenjar (Occitan), проклина́ть (proklinátʹ) (Russian), fördöma (Swedish), kahretmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-OAYyjznN Disambiguation of 'to damn': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 6
  9. (archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination. Tags: archaic Translations (to bring to ruination): осуетявам (osuetjavam) (Bulgarian), zunichte machen (German), að eyðilegga (Icelandic), að eyða (Icelandic), yıkmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confound-en-verb-p5uQREvG Disambiguation of 'to bring to ruination': 3 3 5 2 2 6 3 1 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baffound, confounding variable, confound it

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "29 June 2012, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2016-11-15",
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          "word": "сбива́ть с толку"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "kafasını karıştırmak"
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          "sense": "to confuse right and wrong",
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "to confuse right and wrong",
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          "sense": "to confuse right and wrong",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pútatʹ",
          "sense": "to confuse right and wrong",
          "word": "пу́тать"
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          "roman": "smešivatʹ",
          "sense": "to confuse right and wrong",
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          "text": "Don't confound the situation by yelling.",
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          "ref": "1983, Carol M. Anderson, Susan Stewart, Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy",
          "text": "While she had obeyed him, smiling sweetly all the time, she had nursed a growing resentment of what she called his \"Latin American macho attitude.\" To confound the problem, his mother, who lived with them on and off, was described by the wife as being as domineering as her son.",
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          "word": "bæta gráu ofan á svart"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "악화하다"
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          "word": "piorar"
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          "text": "1651 (Latin edition 1642), Thomas Hobbes, De Cive (Latin title) Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society (English),\nHey who lesse seriously consider the force of words, doe sometimes confound Law with Counsell, sometimes with Covenant, sometimes with Right. They confound Law with Counsell, who think, that it is the duty of Monarchs not onely to give ear to their Counsellours, but also to obey them, as though it were in vaine to take Counsell, unlesse it were also followed."
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          "ref": "1983, Carol M. Anderson, Susan Stewart, Mastering Resistance: A Practical Guide to Family Therapy",
          "text": "While she had obeyed him, smiling sweetly all the time, she had nursed a growing resentment of what she called his \"Latin American macho attitude.\" To confound the problem, his mother, who lived with them on and off, was described by the wife as being as domineering as her son.",
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          "text": "There the freſh and ſalt water would meete and be confounded together, […]",
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          "text": "O Lord our God ariſe, / Scatter his enemies, / And make them fall: / Confound their politics, / Fruſtrate their knaviſh tricks, / On him our hopes we fix, / O ſave us all.",
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          "text": "1848 February 12, John Mitchel, The United Irishman, Letter to Lord Clarendon,\nI am now, in order the better to confound your politics, going to give you a true account of the means we intend to use, and of the rules, signs, and pass-words of our new United Irish Society Lodge A. 1.—They are so simple that you will never believe them."
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      "word": "verwirren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "hämmästyttää"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "saattaa hämilleen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "verwirren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "durcheinanderbringen"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "confondre"
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      "code": "oc",
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    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "to confuse",
      "word": "mesclar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "confundir"
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      "word": "încurca"
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      "sense": "to confuse",
      "word": "сбива́ть с толку"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to confuse",
      "word": "confundir"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to confuse",
      "word": "şaşırtmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to confuse",
      "word": "kafasını karıştırmak"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "afallatmak"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "sekoittaa"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "proklinam",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "slisvam",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "шашкам"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
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      "word": "að eyðilegga"
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      "code": "tr",
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        "(statistics) A confounding variable."
      ],
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        }
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aʊnd"
    },
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