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present tense third-person singular of confound
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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
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2
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
- his renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead
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3
to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
- I think you've confounded astrology with astronomy
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4
to prove to be false
- new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization
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