transitive verb. To cause to become confused or perplexed. synonym: perplex.

transitive verb. To fail to distinguish; mix up.

transitive verb. To make (something bad) worse.

transitive verb. To cause to be ashamed; abash.

transitive verb. Used in mild curses.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To frustrate or thwart.

transitive verb. To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).

To mingle confusedly together; mix indiscriminately, so that individuals, parts, or elements cannot be distinguished; throw into disorder; confuse.

To treat or regard erroneously as identical: mix or associate by mistake.

To throw into confusion; perplex with sudden disturbance, terror, or surprise; stupefy with amazement.

To destroy; bring to naught; overthrow; ruin; spoil.

Hence such interjectional phrases as confound it! confound the fellow! which are relics of the fuller imprecations, God confound it! God confound the fellow ! etc.

To waste or spend uselessly, as time.

Synonyms See list under confuse. Confuse, etc. See abash.

transitive verb. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

transitive verb. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

transitive verb. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

transitive verb. To destroy; to ruin; to waste.

verb. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.

verb. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

verb. To make something worse.

verb. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

verb. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

verb. To damn (a mild oath).

verb. To bring to ruination.

verb. To stun, amaze

noun. a confounding variable

verb. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

verb. mistake one thing for another

"Then he looked around, saying, How I wish that tug boat would hurry up; no more ten years spent in – confound it! what IS the name of that place?"

misidentify  mistake  

Pound  Sound  abound  aground  around  

50-pound  bally  barefaced  bottommost  brither  

abash  abash  accurse  addle  adulterate  

confounded  confounding  confounds