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Confounding
see synonyms of confoundingAdjective
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Confounding
see synonyms of confoundingverb (transitive)
1.
to astound or perplex; bewilder
2.
to mix up; confuse
3.
to treat mistakenly as similar to or identical with (one or more other things)
4. (kɒnˈfaʊnd)
to curse or damn (usually as an expletive in the phrase confound it!)
5.
to contradict or refute (an argument, etc)
6.
to rout or defeat (an enemy)
7. obsolete
to waste
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Confounding
see synonyms of confounding verb transitive
1.
to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; confuse
2.
to make feel confused; bewilder
3.
to damn
used as a mild oath4. Archaic
to defeat or destroy
5. Archaic
to abash
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Confounding
see synonyms of confoundingtr.v. con·found·ed, con·found·ing, con·founds
1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at perplex.
2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: Don't confound fiction and fact.
3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
4. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.
5. Used in mild curses: Confound you!
6.
a. To frustrate or thwart: trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
b. Archaic To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
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