confound
verb/kənˈfaʊnd/
/kənˈfaʊnd/
(formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they confound | /kənˈfaʊnd/ /kənˈfaʊnd/ |
| he / she / it confounds | /kənˈfaʊndz/ /kənˈfaʊndz/ |
| past simple confounded | /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle confounded | /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form confounding | /kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/ /kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/ |
- confound somebody to confuse and surprise somebody synonym baffle
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists.
- confound somebody/something to prove somebody/something wrong
- to confound expectations
- She confounded her critics and proved she could do the job.
- The rise in share prices confounded expectations.
- confound somebody (old-fashioned) to defeat an enemy
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere ‘pour together, mix up’. Compare with confuse.
Idioms
See confound in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee confound in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishconfound it/you!
- (old-fashioned) used to show that you are angry about something/with somebody
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