confounded (verb)
1confound — [[t]kənfa͟ʊnd[/t]] confounds, confounding, confounded VERB If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. [V n] He momentarily… …
2confound — verb (T) 1 to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected: His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists. 2 formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc 3 formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it: Her… …
3confound — verb 1) the figures confounded analysts Syn: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, throw, shake, discompose, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle …
4mix up — verb 1. assemble without order or sense She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence • Syn: ↑jumble, ↑confuse • Derivationally related forms: ↑confusion (for: ↑confuse), ↑ …
5come to the fore — verb To become obvious or visible. This issue came to the fore last century and has confounded politicians for many years …
6confound — verb 1》 surprise or confuse. ↘prove wrong. ↘defeat (a plan, aim, or hope). 2》 (often be confounded with) mix up with something else. exclamation informal, dated used to express annoyance: oh confound it, where is the thing? Origin ME:… …
7flounder — verb 1) people were floundering in the water Syn: struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe 2) she floundered, not knowing quite what to say Syn …
8confound — UK [kənˈfaʊnd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms confound : present tense I/you/we/they confound he/she/it confounds present participle confounding past tense confounded past participle confounded 1) to make someone feel surprised or confused,… …
9con|found´er — con|found «kon FOWND, kuhn for 1 3, 5 7; KON FOWND for 4 », transitive verb. 1. to confuse; perplex: »The people on the island were frightened and confounded by the violence of the storm. Confusion worse confounded (Milton). 2. to be unable to… …
10con|found — «kon FOWND, kuhn for 1 3, 5 7; KON FOWND for 4 », transitive verb. 1. to confuse; perplex: »The people on the island were frightened and confounded by the violence of the storm. Confusion worse confounded (Milton). 2. to be unable to tell apart:… …
