Verb: confound kun'fawnd
- Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
"These questions confound even the experts";
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
- Mistake one thing for another
"He confounded the twins";
- confuse
Derived forms: confounded, confounding, confounds
Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, misidentify, mistake
Encyclopedia: Confound