confound

About 0.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To perplex or puzzle.
2. verb To stun or amaze.
3. verb To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
4. verb To make something worse.

   Don't confound the situation by yelling.

5. verb To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
6. verb To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

   His actions confounded the skeptics.

7. verb To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
8. verb To damn (a mild oath).

   Confound you!

Similar words

befuddle confuse fuddle discombobulate bedevil mistake throw fox stun abash

Often followed by

the it them him you their all and his this

Word family

confounded confounder confounders confounding confoundingly confounds