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confound

[kon-found, kuhn-, kon-found] / kɒnˈfaʊnd, kən-, ˈkɒnˈfaʊnd /
VERB
confuse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amaze astonish astound baffle bewilder discombobulate dumbfound embarrass faze mystify perplex puzzle rattle startle surprise
STRONG
abash befog blend bug commingle confute discomfit discountenance fiddle flabbergast jumble misidentify mix nonplus pose throw
WEAK
metagrobolize mix up screw up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bore calm clarify clear up comfort enlighten expect explain explicate help
STRONG
divide separate unmix
WEAK
make clear relate

Example Sentences

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Customs and Border Protection deployed a counterdrone laser on what turned out to be party balloons, showed how they can confound air defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Eli Carter and Martin Tobias suggest that a reversion to negative equity- bond correlations could confound expectations in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025

While the strikers can look frail, their willingness to suffer is meant to confound the state and emphasize their unshakeable commitment to a cause.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

But again and again events pop up to complicate and confound any apparently linear path towards it.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025

He kicked, pounded, twisted, pushed, using his lack of size to confound and exasperate Elisha, whose damp fists, joined at the small of John’s back, soon slipped.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin