confounds in English

verb

1

cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations.

the inflation figure confounded economic analysts

synonyms: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, throw, shake, discompose, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse, take aback, shake up, catch off balance, flabbergast, blow someone's mind, blow away, flummox, faze, stump, beat, fox, discombobulate

2

mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish.

'nuke' is now a cooking technique, as microwave radiation is confounded with nuclear radiation

verb

amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, throw, shake, discompose, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse, take aback, shake up, catch off balance, flabbergast, blow someone's mind, blow away, flummox, faze, stump, beat, fox, discombobulate
contradict, counter, invalidate, negate, go against, quash, explode, demolish, shoot down, destroy, disprove, poke holes in
befuddle, throw, bedevil, confuse, fuddle, discombobulate, fox
confuse

Use "confounds" in a sentence

1. Madonna once again confounds our expectations.

2. Synonyms for Beclouds include obscures, muddies, confuses, obfuscates, blurs, clouds, confounds, mystifies, perplexes and puzzles

3. Synonyms for Astounds include amazes, astonishes, dumbfounds, flabbergasts, stuns, stupefies, surprises, bewilders, confounds and dazes

4. Synonyms for Abashes include confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies and nonplusses

5. Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite:

6. What shall Betiden of necessity make? till thou com’st home, thy sweet voice afar confounds me

7. Synonyms for Bemuses include confuses, puzzles, bewilders, muddles, perplexes, baffles, confounds, addles, flummoxes and mystifies

8. Antonyms for Corroborates include disproves, refutes, contradicts, challenges, rebuts, belies, confounds, contravenes, controverts and denies

9. Synonyms for Befuddles include baffles, confounds, confuses, bemuses, mystifies, perplexes, puzzles, bewilders, flummoxes and stupefies

10. Synonyms for Bewilders include baffles, confounds, confuses, bemuses, mystifies, perplexes, puzzles, flummoxes, stupefies and bamboozles

11. Synonyms for Astonishes include amazes, astounds, dumbfounds, flabbergasts, stuns, stupefies, surprises, bewilders, confounds and dazes

12. What shall Betiden of necessity make? till thou com’st home, thy sweet voice afar confounds me

13. Asymmetry in the proton confounds physicists, but a new discovery may bring back old theories to explain it

14. Dismayed at the size of the job Appall implies that one is faced with that which perturbs, confounds, or shocks.

15. What does Baffling mean? Baffling means impossible to understand or figure out. It’s used to describe someone or something that baffles —confuses, bewilders, perplexes, or confounds

16. 10 The hypocritical Jewish clergy seek an occasion to seize Jesus, but he answers a number of their catch questions and confounds them before the people.

17. While all these words mean "to unnerve or deter by arousing fear, apprehension, or aversion," Appall implies that one is faced with that which perturbs, confounds, or shocks

18. As far back as the 8th Century BC the Carian fighting fleet was a feared and respected force, though there is a curious tale told by Herodotus that rather confounds this apparent fame

19. Next, however, thou Affirmest that it is “a common thing for the gods and demons and other races to make likenesses and speak boastfully of themselves.” Such a mode of speaking confounds all the races of superior beings with each other, and leaves no difference between one and another.

20. With the appearance of a woman, it is one of the "Seven Great Demon Lords", representing the Moon and the sin of Lust.It is thought that it was originally an Ophanimon, but it fell from heaven and eventually became known as the "Goddess of Darkness".It confounds its opponents with its Bewitchingly lovely appearance, and it is said that those who are …

21. Next, however, thou Affirmest that it is "a common thing for the gods and dæmons and other races to make likenesses and speak boastfully of themselves." Such a mode of speaking confounds all the races of superior beings with each other, and leaves no difference between one and another.