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confound

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of confound

1 to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

we were confounded by the player's remote control, which wasn't at all user-friendly

Synonyms of confound

addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex

Words Related to confound

stick, stump, weird out

abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset

beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick

Phrases Synonymous with confound

blow one's mind, go to one's head

Near Antonyms of confound

assure, reassure, satisfy

enlighten, inform

2 to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

his renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead

Synonyms of confound

abash, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

Words Related to confound

agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upset

debase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame

Near Antonyms of confound

calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe

buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, hearten

assure, reassure

3 to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

I think you've confounded astrology with astronomy

Synonyms of confound

conflate, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

Words Related to confound

lump (together)

misapply, miscall, misidentify, misname

Antonyms of confound

difference, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate

4 to prove to be false

new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization

Synonyms of confound

belie, confute, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down

Words Related to confound

overthrow, overturn

challenge, contest, query, question

doubt, mistrust

debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over

Phrases Synonymous with confound

give the lie to

Near Antonyms of confound

document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness

back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate

adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify

demonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest

Antonyms of confound

confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify

Synonym Discussion of confound

puzzle, perplex, bewilder, distract, nonplus, confound, dumbfound mean to baffle and disturb mentally. puzzle implies existence of a problem difficult to solve.

- the persistent fever puzzled the doctor

perplex adds a suggestion of worry and uncertainty especially about making a necessary decision.

- a behavior that perplexed her friends

bewilder stresses a confusion of mind that hampers clear and decisive thinking.

- a bewildering number of possibilities

distract implies agitation or uncertainty induced by conflicting preoccupations or interests.

- distracted by personal problems

nonplus implies a bafflement that makes orderly planning or deciding impossible.

- the remark left us utterly nonplussed

confound implies temporary mental paralysis caused by astonishment or profound abasement.

- the tragic news confounded us all

dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound.

- was at first too dumbfounded to reply

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