confound
[verb]
Synonyms: bewilder, astound, baffle, confuse, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex

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Antonyms: discriminate, distinguish
Related Idioms: take aback

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con‧found /kənˈfaʊnd/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: confondre 'to ruin, destroy', from Latin confundere 'to pour together, confuse', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + fundere 'to pour']

1. to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected:
His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.

2. to prove someone or something wrong
confound the critics/pundits/experts etc
United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.

3. formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc

4. formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it:
Her question completely confounded me.

5. confound it/him/them etc old-fashioned used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something

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