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confoundverb to throw into a state of mental uncertaintywe were confounded by the player's remote control, which wasn't at all user-friendly addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, buffalo, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex stick, stump, weird outabash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattleagitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upsetbeguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick blow one's mind, go to one's head assure, reassure, satisfyenlighten, inform to throw into a state of self-conscious distresshis renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead abash, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upsetdebase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothebuoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, heartenassure, reassure to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or relatedI think you've confounded astrology with astronomy conflate, confuse, mistake, mix (up) lump (together)misapply, miscall, misidentify, misname difference, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, separate to prove to be falsenew discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization belie, confute, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down overthrow, overturnchallenge, contest, query, questiondoubt, mistrustdebate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over give the lie to confirm, establish, prove, validate, verify document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witnessback (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiateadduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identifydemonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest puzzle, perplex, bewilder, distract, nonplus, confound, dumbfound mean to baffle and disturb mentally.puzzle implies existence of a problem difficult to solve.the persistent fever puzzled the doctor perplex adds a suggestion of worry and uncertainty especially about making a necessary decision.a behavior that perplexed her friends bewilder stresses a confusion of mind that hampers clear and decisive thinking.a bewildering number of possibilities distract implies agitation or uncertainty induced by conflicting preoccupations or interests.distracted by personal problems nonplus implies a bafflement that makes orderly planning or deciding impossible.the remark left us utterly nonplussed confound implies temporary mental paralysis caused by astonishment or profound abasement.the tragic news confounded us all dumbfound suggests intense but momentary confounding; often the idea of astonishment is so stressed that it becomes a near synonym of astound.was at first too dumbfounded to reply in the 14th century |