English > confound: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Model | The performance is likely to confound Sue |
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| Synonyms | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate |
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| Narrower | demoralize | confuse or put into disorder |
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| disorient, disorientate | Cause to be lost or disoriented |
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
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| Similar to | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
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| Spanish | aturdir, confundir, dejar perplejo, desorientar, tirar |
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| Catalan | confondre, deixar perplex, desconcertar, desorientar, embolicar, embrollar, ofuscar, tirar, torbar |
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