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Definition of confound:
Synonyms:
mortify, thrust, disprove, feelings, discountenance, shoot down, put off, fluster, obscure, hold, puzzle, pain, hurl, flummox, play a joke on, defy, chagrin, be beyond someone, pose, confuse, flip, shock, mystify, vex, frustrate, affect, dun, drink, booze, knock out, discredit, baffle, flurry, dispute, torment, clear, thrash, shake off, play tricks, crucify, disconfirm, discomfort, be (as) clear as mud, faze, falsify, surprise, throw away, give, abash, shed, addle, pull a fast one on, humiliate, conflate, explode, bemuse, switch, befog, flim-flam, fuddle, stick, beat, daunt, fob, debunk, befuddle, obnubilate, trick, stun, crush, bewilder, discomfit, throw, mix, contrive, stagger, cast off, shame, disabuse, amaze, nonplus, defeat, repudiate, rag, astonish, confute, dizzy, overcome, play a trick on, knowledge, dishearten, fox, stump, cast, disconcert, win, belie, project, overawe, get, make, bamboozle, overpower, flash mob, commingle, have, correct, throw off, mistake, embarrass, humble, bedevil, buffalo, deepen, shake up, muddy, disorient, rattle, blend, discombobulate, gravel, maze, rebut, smash, drop, refute, spring a surprise, deflate, astound, deflate.
- complicate (part of speech: verb)
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derange (part of speech: verb)
- displace,
- derange,
- dishevel,
- discompose,
- tamper,
- muddle,
- scatter,
- disarrange,
- jumble,
- disturb,
- meddle,
- swirl,
- whisk,
- toss,
- ruffle,
- disorder,
- mislay,
- convulse,
- trouble,
- roil,
- ferment,
- roughen,
- churn,
- rummage,
- mix-up,
- mess,
- dislocate,
- botch,
- capsize,
- misplace,
- confuse,
- agitate,
- tumble,
- clutter,
- upset,
- scramble,
- rumple,
- ripple,
- hash,
- perturb,
- whip,
- disorganize,
- tousle,
- blur,
- muss
Usage examples:
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" Confound it, that's what they say to a prisoner in the box.
- "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith. -
And being in a humorous vein, he thereupon exclaimed: Confound it all!
- "The Fat and the Thin", Emile Zola. -
Confound that little malignant wretch Schriften; he certainly is not, as you say, of this world.
- "The Phantom Ship", Captain Frederick Marryat.