confound

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Synonyms: cofound, consound, co-found, co found, confounded, compound, unfound, confounds, infound, contund, coonhound

Antonyms: cofound, consound, co-found, co found, confounded, compound, unfound, confounds, infound, contund, coonhound

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Verb

1. To [[perplex]] or [[puzzle]].
2. To [[stun]] or [[amaze]].
3. To fail to see the [[difference]]; to mix up; to confuse [[right]] and [[wrong]].
4. {{lb|en|sometimes|proscribed}} To make something worse.<!--by confusion with "compound the problem"??-->
5. To [[combine]] in a confused fashion; to [[mingle]] so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
6. To cause to be [[ashamed]]; to [[abash]].
7. To [[defeat]], to [[frustrate]], to [[thwart]].
8. {{lb|en|dated}} To [[damn]] (''a mild oath'').
9. {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[destroy]], [[ruin]], or [[devastate]]; to bring to [[ruination]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|statistics}} A [[confounding]] variable.

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