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verb 
  1. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.
  2. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
  3. To make something worse.
Don't the situation by yelling.
  1. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
His actions confounded the skeptics.
  1. To defeat.
  2. To damn.
Confound you!
Confound the lady!
  1. To frustrate.
  2. (archaic) To bring to ruination.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verwarren
Etymology: From confoundre, from confondre.


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