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verb

Confound v. t. (past & past part. confounded; pres. part. confounding)

1.

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse. "They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute." "Let us go down, and there confound their language."

2.

To mistake for another; to identify falsely. "They (the tinkers) were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies."

3.

To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. "The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall." "They trusted in thee and were not confounded." "So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say."

4.

To destroy; to ruin; to waste. (Obs.) "One man's lust these many lives confounds." "How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?"

Synonyms: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

adjective

Confounded adj.

1.

Confused; perplexed; unclear in mind or intent; bewildered.

Synonyms: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, mazed, mixed-up. "A cloudy and confounded philosopher."

2.

Excessive; extreme; abominable. (Colloq.) "He was a most confounded tory." "The tongue of that confounded woman."

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"Confounded" Quotes from Famous Books

... the plain. Dmitri had stationed a strong reserve behind a forest. When both parties were utterly exhausted, suddenly this reserve emerged from their retreat and rushed upon the foe. Vladimir, the brother of Dmitri, led the charge. The Mogols, surprised, confounded, overwhelmed and utterly routed, in the wildest confusion, and with outcries which rent the heavens, turned and fled. "The God of the Christians has conquered," exclaimed the Tartar chief, gnashing his teeth in despair. The Tartars ...

— The Empire of Russia • John S. C. Abbott

... instinctively steered away from the danger, and though huge pieces of burning wreck fell hissing into the water on either side, and far beyond where I was, none of any size touched the wherry. For a minute or more I was so confounded by the awful occurrence that I did not think of my old friend. I scarcely knew where I was or what I was doing. The moment I recovered my presence of mind I put the boat about, getting out an oar to help her along, and stood back towards ...

— Peter Trawl - The Adventures of a Whaler • W. H. G. Kingston

... a confounded fix," murmured Mr. Haydon. "Why should this thieving rogue choose us to drop in ...

— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore

... period of perplexity. "I have to force the girl out of Port Agnew, and I can never do so while that motor-boat continues to pay her eighty dollars a month. She cannot exist on eighty dollars a month elsewhere, but she can manage very nicely on it here. And yet, even with that confounded charter canceled, we're stuck with the girl. She cannot leave Port Agnew without sufficient funds to carry her through for a while, and she'd die before she'd accept the gift of a penny from anybody in Port Agnew, particularly the McKayes. Even a loan from The Laird ...

— Kindred of the Dust • Peter B. Kyne

... it is forgiven by God and almost forgotten by ourselves. Many a good man, although he knows that Christ's blood has washed away his guilt, is made to possess the iniquities of his youth. 'Thou shalt be ashamed and confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, when I am pacified toward thee for ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers • Alexander Maclaren

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