Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
- 2transitive verb
To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
- 3transitive verb
To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
- 4transitive verb
To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
- 5verb
mistake one thing for another
"you are confusing me with the other candidate"
"I mistook her for the secretary"
Synonyms
- 6verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
"These questions confuse even the experts"
"This question completely threw me"
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