Overview of verb confound

The verb confound has 2 senses

• confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -- (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher")


• confuse, confound -- (mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary")

Overview of adj confounding

The adj confounding has 1 sense

• confounding, contradictory -- (that confounds or contradicts or confuses)