Words Like CONFOUND

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CONFOUND.

28 Alternative Words Similar to confound

1 Confuse Verb      Synonym Words Like Confuse
2 Throw Verb      Synonym Words Like Throw
3 Fox Verb      Synonym Words Like Fox
4 Befuddle Verb      Synonym Words Like Befuddle
5 Fuddle Verb      Synonym Words Like Fuddle
6 Bedevil Verb      Synonym Words Like Bedevil
8 Be Verb      Synonym Words Like Be
9 Mistake Verb      Synonym Words Like Mistake
10 Perplex Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Perplex
11 Destroy Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Destroy
12 Ruin Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Ruin
13 Waste Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Waste
14 Puzzle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Puzzle
15 Vex Verb      Hyponym Words Like Vex
16 Beat Verb      Hyponym Words Like Beat
17 Stick Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stick
18 Get Verb      Hyponym Words Like Get
19 Bewilder Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bewilder
20 Dumbfound Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dumbfound
21 Gravel Verb      Hyponym Words Like Gravel
22 Flummox Verb      Hyponym Words Like Flummox
23 Pose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pose
24 Stupefy Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stupefy
25 Mystify Verb      Hyponym Words Like Mystify
26 Nonplus Verb      Hyponym Words Like Nonplus
27 Baffle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Baffle
28 Amaze Verb      Hyponym Words Like Amaze

3 examples of confound

1 This question completely threw me
2 This question befuddled even the teacher
3 I mistook her for the secretary

10 definitions of confound

1 To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
2 To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
3 To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
4 To destroy; to ruin; to waste.
5 be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
6 mistake one thing for another
7 To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at puzzle.
8 To fail to distinguish; mix up: confound fiction and fact.
9 To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
10 To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.
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