confound
/kənˈfaʊnd/ verbe C2- To perplex or puzzle.
- To stun or amaze.
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- To make something worse. · Don't confound the situation by yelling.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash. · His actions confounded the skeptics.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To damn (a mild oath). · Confound you!· Confound the lady!
He/she/it confounds · Prétérit confounded · Participe passé confounded · Forme en -ing confounding
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- confound
- He/she/it
- confounds
- Prétérit
- confounded
- Participe passé
- confounded
- Forme en -ing
- confounding
Dans la bibliothèque
It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
Matthew was confounded and puzzled; he could not so quickly lose faith in Anne but he had to admit that circumstances were against her.
“Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force!
"Well, we'll hope he won't fail and that Lord Cantlemere will be confounded.
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