Meaning

9 senses

  1. To perplex or puzzle.

    verwirren, verblüffen

  2. To stun or amaze.

    in Erstaunen versetzen, verblüffen

  3. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

    verwirren, durcheinanderbringen, verwechseln

    сбива́ть с толкуsbivátʹ s tolku, пу́татьpútatʹ, смешиватьsmešivatʹ

  4. (proscribed, sometimes)To make something worse.

    Don't confound the situation by yelling.

    verschlimmern, verschlechtern

    ухудшатьuxudšatʹ

  5. To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.

  6. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

    His actions confounded the skeptics.

    beschämen

    посрамлятьposramljatʹ

  7. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

    besiegen, durchkreuzen, durchkreuzen

  8. (dated)To damn (a mild oath).

    Confound you!

    Confound the lady!

    verfluchen, verdammen, zum Kuckuck wünschen

    проклина́тьproklinátʹ

  9. (archaic)To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.

    zunichte machen

More definitions
  • mistake one thing for another
  • be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Examples

10 sentences

  1. I'm just as confounded as you are.

    deIch bin genauso verwirrt wie Sie.

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

    ruЕсли сомневаешься, говори правду. Это поставит в тупик твоих врагов и потрясёт друзей.

    deSage im Zweifel die Wahrheit! Das wird deine Feinde verwirren und deine Freunde erstaunen.

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  3. Try to disassociate all the confounding variables.

    ruПопытайся абстрагироваться от всех осложнений с переменными величинами.

    deVersuche, alle Störfaktoren herauszurechnen!

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  4. He was confounded at the sight of the teacher.

    ruОн был смущён при виде учителя.

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  5. One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to the good.

    deWer Gut und Böse verwechselt, ist ein Feind des Guten.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
to confuse:
to confuse right and wrong:
to make something worse:
to cause to be ashamed:
to damn:
Deutsch
By meaning 9
to perplex or puzzle:
to stun or amaze:
to confuse:
to confuse right and wrong:
to make something worse:
to cause to be ashamed:
to defeat:
to damn:
to bring to ruination:

Origin

From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and

From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and Old French confondre, from Latin cōnfundō (“to mingle, mix together”). Related to found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”) (but not to found (“to start”), nor to find) and to fusion.

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Forms

confounds, confounding, confounded, confounded
Base formconfound · to confound
3rd person singularconfounds
Present participleconfounding
Past simpleconfounded
Past participleconfounded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconfound
he, she, itconfounds

Past simpleLesson

all personsconfounded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave confounded
he, she, ithas confounded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill confound

Synonyms

44 synonyms
puzzleC1confuseA2loseA2stickB1throwA2bewilderB2complicateB1dazzleB1blindB1knotB2muddyB2vexmix upaddle
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
Derivedbaffoundconfoundableconfoundationconfounderconfounding variableconfound itconfoundmentdeconfounddumbfoundreconfoundunconfound

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conformC1conformistconformityC1confrontB2confrontationconfrontationalC2confuseA2
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