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 Mistake Verb      Synonym Words Like Mistake
9 Ruin Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Ruin
10 Waste Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Waste
11 Nonplus Verb      Hyponym Words Like Nonplus
12 Baffle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Baffle
13 Amaze Verb      Hyponym Words Like Amaze
14 Mystify Verb      Hyponym Words Like Mystify
15 Stupefy Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stupefy
16 Pose Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pose
17 Flummox Verb      Hyponym Words Like Flummox
18 Gravel Verb      Hyponym Words Like Gravel
19 Dumbfound Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dumbfound
20 Perplex Verb      Hyponym Words Like Perplex
21 Bewilder Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bewilder
22 Vex Verb      Hyponym Words Like Vex
23 Puzzle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Puzzle
24 Be Verb      Hypernym Words Like Be
25 Destroy Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Destroy
26 Get Verb      Hyponym Words Like Get
27 Stick Verb      Hyponym Words Like Stick
28 Beat Verb      Hyponym Words Like Beat

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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