confound 音标拼音: [kɑnf'ɑʊnd] [k'ɑnf
, ɑʊnd] [kənf'ɑʊnd]
vt . 使混淆,使狼狈,挫败
使混淆,使狼狈,挫败
confound v 1 :
be confusing or perplexing to ;
cause to be unable to think clearly ; "
These questions confuse even the experts "; "
This question completely threw me "; "
This question befuddled even the teacher " [
synonym : {
confuse }, {
throw }, {
fox },
{
befuddle }, {
fuddle }, {
bedevil }, {
confound },
{
discombobulate }]
2 :
mistake one thing for another ; "
you are confusing me with the other candidate "; "
I mistook her for the secretary " [
synonym :
{
confuse }, {
confound }]
Confound \
Con *
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k [
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found "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Confounded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Confounding }.] [
F .
confondre ,
fr .
L .
confundere , -
fusum ,
to pour together ;
con -
fundere to pour .
See {
Fuse }
to melt ,
and cf . {
Confuse }.]
1 .
To mingle and blend ,
so that different elements can not be distinguished ;
to confuse .
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1913 Webster ]
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them ,
but confound them with words ,
must have endless dispute . --
Locke .
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Let us go down ,
and there confound their language .
--
Gen .
xi .
7 .
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2 .
To mistake for another ;
to identify falsely .
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They [
the tinkers ]
were generally vagrants and pilferers ,
and were often confounded with the gypsies . --
Macaulay .
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3 .
To throw into confusion or disorder ;
to perplex ;
to strike with amazement ;
to dismay .
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The gods confound ...
The Athenians both within and out that wall . --
Shak .
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They trusted in thee and were not confounded . --
Ps .
xxii .
5 .
[
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So spake the Son of God ,
and Satan stood A while as mute ,
confounded what to say . --
Milton .
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4 .
To destroy ;
to ruin ;
to waste . [
Obs .]
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One man '
s lust these many lives confounds . --
Shak .
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How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour ? --
Shak .
Syn :
To abash ;
confuse ;
baffle ;
dismay ;
astonish ;
defeat ;
terrify ;
mix ;
blend ;
intermingle .
See {
Abash }.
[
1913 Webster ]
251 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confound ":
abash ,
accurse ,
addle ,
adulterate ,
alloy ,
amaze ,
anathematize ,
answer ,
answer conclusively ,
appall ,
argue down ,
astonish ,
astound ,
awe ,
awestrike ,
baffle ,
balk ,
ball up ,
bamboozle ,
beat ,
bedaze ,
bedazzle ,
befog ,
bewilder ,
blaspheme ,
blast ,
blur ,
blur distinctions ,
boggle ,
bollix up ,
bowl down ,
bowl over ,
brave ,
break ,
bring to ruin ,
buffalo ,
canker ,
cap ,
cast down ,
chagrin ,
challenge ,
cheapen ,
checkmate ,
circumvent ,
coarsen ,
complicate ,
condemn ,
confound ,
confront ,
confuse ,
confute ,
consume ,
contaminate ,
contradict ,
contravene ,
controvert ,
corrupt ,
counter ,
counteract ,
countermand ,
counterwork ,
cross ,
crush ,
curse ,
damn ,
darn ,
dash ,
daze ,
dazzle ,
deal destruction ,
debase ,
debauch ,
decimate ,
defeat ,
defile ,
deflower ,
defy ,
degenerate ,
degrade ,
demolish ,
denature ,
deny ,
deprave ,
depredate ,
desecrate ,
desolate ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
devalue ,
devastate ,
devour ,
discomfit ,
discompose ,
disconcert ,
disconfirm ,
discountenance ,
dish ,
dismay ,
dismiss ,
dispose of ,
disrupt ,
dissolve ,
distort ,
dumbfound ,
dumbfounder ,
elude ,
embarrass ,
embrangle ,
engorge ,
entangle ,
evert ,
excommunicate ,
execrate ,
faze ,
finish ,
flabbergast ,
floor ,
flummox ,
foil ,
foul up ,
frustrate ,
fuddle ,
fulminate against ,
fumble ,
garble ,
get ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
gut ,
gut with fire ,
havoc ,
hex ,
implicate ,
imprecate ,
incinerate ,
infect ,
involve ,
jumble ,
jumble together ,
keep in suspense ,
knock the chocks ,
knot ,
lay in ruins ,
lay waste ,
lick ,
louse up ,
maze ,
mess up ,
misdeem ,
misidentify ,
misuse ,
mix ,
mix up ,
mortify ,
muck up ,
muddle ,
mystify ,
nonplus ,
overlook distinctions ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
overwhelm ,
panic ,
paralyze ,
parry ,
perplex ,
pervert ,
petrify ,
pi ,
play hob with ,
poison ,
pollute ,
pose ,
prostitute ,
put out ,
put to flight ,
put to rout ,
put to silence ,
puzzle ,
ramify ,
rattle ,
ravage ,
ravel ,
ravish ,
rebut ,
reduce to silence ,
refute ,
riffle ,
rout ,
ruin ,
ruinate ,
sabotage ,
scatter ,
scotch ,
scramble ,
screw up ,
settle ,
shipwreck ,
shuffle ,
shut up ,
silence ,
smash all opposition ,
snafu ,
snarl ,
snarl up ,
spike ,
spoil ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stagger ,
stampede ,
startle ,
stick ,
stonewall ,
strike dead ,
strike dumb ,
strike with wonder ,
stumble ,
stump ,
stun ,
stupefy ,
subvert ,
surprise ,
swallow up ,
taint ,
take aback ,
tangle ,
throw ,
throw a whammy ,
throw into confusion ,
throw into disorder ,
thunder against ,
thwart ,
tumble ,
twist ,
ulcerate ,
undermine ,
unleash destruction ,
unleash the hurricane ,
upheave ,
upset ,
vandalize ,
vaporize ,
violate ,
vitiate ,
vulgarize ,
warp ,
waste ,
wrack ,
wreak havoc ,
wreck
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