confound

confound is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
2. transitive verb. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
3. transitive verb. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
4. transitive verb. To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
5. verb. mistake one thing for another

   "you are confusing me with the other candidate"

   "I mistook her for the secretary"

   Synonyms: confuse

6. verb. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

   "These questions confuse even the experts"

   "This question completely threw me"

   Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

Synonyms

confuse, bedevil, befuddle, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

Common word forms

confounds, confounded, confounder, confounding, confoundable, confoundment

Words from these letters

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