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Another word for confound

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Verb

  1. To cause to be unclear in mind or intent

    Idioms:
    See also:

    feelings

    clear

  2. To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed

    Idioms:
    See also:

    pain

  3. To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say

    Idioms:
    See also:

    knowledge

    affect

  4. To take (one thing) mistakenly for another

    See also:

    correct

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Another word for confound

Verb

  1. To mix

    See also:

    muddle

    mix

  2. To confuse

    See also:

    confuse

    confuse

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Sentence Examples

  • Many authors confound the year of Rome with the civil year, supposing them both to begin on the 1st of January.

  • "Confound him, he's a fool!" said Rostov.

  • I'm guessing I confound you the same way you do me.

  • The Christian Fathers seem to confound them with the Samaritans, and the confusion is natural enough.

  • The belief that he had not really died, but would return again to confound his foes, was long prevalent, not only in the remoter provinces, but even in Rome itself; and more than one pretender was able to collect a following by assuming the name of the last of the race of Augustus.

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