Synonyms for Confound

Synonyms for "confound" (321 found)

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Closest matches (65)

Related words (160)

foul up frustrate fuddle fulminate against fumble garble get gobble gobble up gut gut with fire havoc hex impede implicate imprecate incinerate infect involve jumble

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jumble together keep in suspense knock the chocks knot lay in ruins lay waste lick louse up maze mess up misdeem misidentify misuse mix mortify muck up muddle mystify nonplus overlook distinctions overthrow overturn overwhelm panic paralyze parry perplex pervert petrify pi play hob with poison pollute pose prostitute put out put to flight put to rout put to silence ramify rattle ravage ravel ravish rebut reduce to silence refute riffle rout ruin ruinate sabotage scatter scotch scramble screw up settle shake shatter shipwreck shuffle shut up silence smash all opposition snafu snarl snarl up spike spoil squash squelch stagger stampede stand in the way startle stick stonewall strike dead strike dumb strike with wonder stumble stump stun stupefy stymie subvert surprise swallow up taint take aback tangle throw throw a whammy throw into confusion throw into disorder thunder against thwart tumble twist ulcerate undermine unleash destruction unleash the hurricane unnerve upheave upset vandalize vaporize violate vitiate vulgarize warp waste wrack wreak havoc wreck

Verb(24 words)

fox go left go south go wrong humble humiliate jumble knot lose mingle misconstrue mix up muddle muddy perplex perturb put to shame ravel schlong shame

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stick stump suffer worsen

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

affect bear on bear upon impact misidentify mistake touch touch on

Synonyms

4 entries

confounder confuse mix up puzzle

derived

12 entries

baffound confound it confoundable confoundation confounder confounding factor confounding variable confoundment deconfound dumbfound reconfound unconfound

has context

1 entries

statistics

related to

16 entries

abash amaze ashamed confounding confuse damn defeat difference frustrate mix up puzzle right ruination stun thwart wrong

similar

9 entries

blur confuse disconcert flurry jumble mix up obnubilate obscure put off

Translations

95 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

أَخْزَى verb (to cause to be ashamed)

Bulgarian

4 entries

влошавам verb (to make something worse)
засрамвам verb (to cause to be ashamed)
обърквам verb (to confuse)
обърквам verb (to confuse right and wrong)

Czech

4 entries

mást verb (to confuse)
udivit verb (to perplex or puzzle)
uvést do rozpaků verb (to perplex or puzzle)
zamlžit verb (to confuse)

Dutch

2 entries

verslaan verb (to defeat)
verwarren verb (to confuse)

Esperanto

1 entries

hontigi verb (to cause to be ashamed)

Finnish

4 entries

hämmästyttää verb (to confuse)
kirota verb (to damn)
saattaa hämilleen verb (to confuse)
sekoittaa verb (to confuse right and wrong)

German

4 entries

beschämen verb (to cause to be ashamed)
besiegen verb (to defeat)
durcheinanderbringen verb (to confuse)
durcheinanderbringen verb (to confuse right and wrong)

Icelandic

4 entries

bæta gráu ofan á svart verb (to make something worse)
bölva verb (to damn)
ergja verb (to frustrate)
eyða verb (to bring to ruination)

Irish

1 entries

scread mhaidine ar verb (to damn)

Korean

1 entries

악화하다 verb (to make something worse)

Norwegian

1 entries

forvirre verb (to confuse)

Occitan

4 entries

borrolar verb (to confuse)
borrolar verb (to confuse right and wrong)
confondre verb (to confuse)
confondre verb (to confuse right and wrong)

Portuguese

2 entries

confundir verb (to confuse)
piorar verb (to make something worse)

Romanian

1 entries

încurca verb (to confuse)

Russian

4 entries

посрамлять verb (to cause to be ashamed)
проклина́ть verb (to damn)
пу́тать verb (to confuse right and wrong)
сбива́ть с толку verb (to confuse)

Spanish

4 entries

barahustar verb (to confuse)
barajustar verb (to confuse)
baraustar verb (to confuse)
confundir verb (to confuse)

Swedish

1 entries

fördöma verb (to damn)

Turkish

4 entries

afallatmak verb (to confuse)
boşa çıkarmak verb (to frustrate)
ciddileştirmek verb (to make something worse)
kafasını karıştırmak verb (to confuse)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

Source: tatoeba (667919)

It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.

Source: tatoeba (6310161)

Come ye, therefore, let us go down and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Source: tatoeba (7817940)

Confound it.

Source: tatoeba (10921663)

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