Definition of Confound

Confound

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

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Confound Quotations

The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
Maria Montessori

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
Aeschylus

Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.
William Wycherley

Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.
John Millington Synge

Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
George Byron

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.
Kit Williams

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.
Henry Wotton

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Confound Translations

confound in French is confondent, confondez, confonds, confondons
confound in German is verwechseln

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