to confound
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7.0
- verb
- /kənˈfaʊnd/
:
desconcertar
- But I'm pleased to say you've confounded them and outdone yourself.
- confound our expectations
- confounding variables
- confounding effect
And it it, it, it it just confounds me.
- And it it, it, it it just confounds me.
- Now you, you look at something like that and then they confound some of the other findings.
- It's, it's confounding to me from an, from even from a neuroscientific perspective.
- Edwards was confounding and roundly hated by many other theologians at the same time, usually respected.
Examples
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I feel surrounded, confounded.
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This is something that has confounded all of science and all of medicine for a very long time.
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And that is why this case has confounded me like no other.
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But the other thing that has confounded me over COVID is who and what to believe.
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Your Majesty leaves me quite confounded.
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You confound me.
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Well, frankly, Arthur, I'm confounded.
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St. James stared at her for a long moment, as if confounded, and then, suddenly, he laughed.
Fiction book (1994) -
Virginia's bombshell about Alexa had caught Edmund unawares, rendering him confounded but not shocked or disapproving.
Fiction book (1990) -
The complex puzzle completely confounded me, leaving me unsure of how to proceed.
Synonyms
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7.8
To make someone feel confused or unsure
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1.9
Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand
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4.9
To make someone feel confused when something is hard to understand
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5.3
To make someone very confused and unable to understand
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7.2
To be so surprised or confused that you hesitate and cannot think clearly
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6.3
To make someone confused and unable to understand
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4.8
Mix things up so they are unclear
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5.3
Make someone very confused and unable to think clearly
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6.5
To make someone confused by making something seem mysterious
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7.0
To surprise someone so much that they cannot speak or answer
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7.8
To make someone very confused so they cannot think clearly
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7.5
To make someone feel confused or unable to understand
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8.6
To confuse someone so they do not know what to do or think
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8.9
To make a person confused and unable to think clearly
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9.9
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
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8.2
Cause ongoing trouble and confusion for people or things
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9.4
To confuse someone and make them unable to think clearly
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
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Etymology
Confound also comes from the Latin con- 'together' and fundere 'to pour', giving the picture of things being poured into a single jumble. So when something confounds you it 'mixes up' your thoughts and makes you unable to think clearly.