confound

v. தோல்வியுறச் செய், அவமாக்கு, கலை, சீர்குலை, அலங்கோலமாக்கு, குக்ஷ்ப்பு, திகைப்பூட்டு, பிரித்துணர முடியாமல் மயக்கமூட்டு, வியப்படைவி, வாதத்தில் தோல்வியடையச் செய்.

Synonyms

confuse disorder trouble disarrange intermix abash astound mystify obscure stupefy disconcert mix blend intermingle perplex discompose

Antonyms

arrange classify order allocate distribute dispense unravel enucleate eliminate elucidate rally enlighten

Con*found" (kon*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. They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. Locke. Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen. xi. 7. 2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely. They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. Macaulay. 3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. Shak. They trusted in thee and were not confounded. Ps. xxii. 5. So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. Milton. 4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.] One man's lust these many lives confounds. Shak. How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour Shak. Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

confound - Similar Words

unconfound confounder confounded consound unconfounded infound confoundelly confoundedly found confoundingly