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Confound

🔄 Synonyms of "Confound"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
confuseverb	(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
foxnoun	A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:
mistakenoun	An error.
fuddlenoun	(transitive) To intoxicate.
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Confound"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
befuddleverb	(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
confuseverb	(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
fuddleverb	(transitive) To intoxicate.
discombobulateverb	(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
mistakeverb	(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
foxverb	(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
stunverb	(transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
abashverb	(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
distortverb	(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
stupefyverb	(transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
obscureverb	(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
obfuscateverb	To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
blurverb	To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
skewverb	(transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
incriminateverb	(transitive) To indicate the guilt of.
commingleverb	(transitive) To mix, to blend.
equateverb	(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
addleverb	To make or become addled; to muddle or confuse.