Confound

Verb

 * 1) To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.
 * 2) To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
 * 3) To make something worse.
 * 4) To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
 * 5) To defeat.
 * 6) To damn.
 * 7) To frustrate, to thwart.
 * 8)  To bring to ruination.

Adverbs for Confound
eternally; mysteriously; inexplicably; unspeakably; fathomlessly; gropingly; helplessly ; inextricably

Synonyms for Confound
confuse; mix up; puzzle

Thesaurus
accurse, addle, adulterate, alloy, amaze, anathematize, answer, answer conclusively, appall, argue down, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, baffle, balk, ball up, bamboozle, beat, bedaze, bedazzle, befog, bewilder, blaspheme, blast, blur, blur distinctions, boggle, bollix up, bowl down, bowl over, brave, break, bring to ruin, buffalo, canker, cap, cast down, chagrin, challenge, cheapen, checkmate, circumvent, coarsen, complicate, condemn, confound, confront, confuse, confute, consume, contaminate, contradict, contravene, controvert, corrupt, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, crush, curse, damn, darn, dash, daze, dazzle, deal destruction, debase, debauch, decimate, defeat, defile, deflower, defy, degenerate, degrade, demolish, denature, deny, deprave, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devalue, devastate, devour, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disconfirm, discountenance, dish, dismay, dismiss, dispose of, disrupt, dissolve, distort, dumbfound, dumbfounder, elude, embarrass, embrangle, engorge, entangle, evert, excommunicate, execrate, faze, finish, flabbergast, floor, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, fuddle, fulminate against, fumble, garble, get, gobble, gobble up, gut, gut with fire, havoc, hex, implicate, imprecate, incinerate, infect, involve, jumble, jumble together, keep in suspense, knock the chocks, knot, lay in ruins, lay waste, lick, louse up, maze, mess up, misdeem, misidentify, misuse, mix, mix up, mortify, muck up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, overlook distinctions, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, panic, paralyze, parry, perplex, pervert, petrify, pi, play hob with, poison, pollute, pose, prostitute, put out, put to flight, put to rout, put to silence, puzzle, ramify, rattle, ravage, ravel, ravish, rebut, reduce to silence, refute, riffle, rout, ruin, ruinate, sabotage, scatter, scotch, scramble, screw up, settle, shipwreck, shuffle, shut up, silence, smash all opposition, snafu, snarl, snarl up, spike, spoil, squash, squelch, stagger, stampede, startle, stick, stonewall, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stumble, stump, stun, stupefy, subvert, surprise, swallow up, taint, take aback, tangle, throw, throw a whammy, throw into confusion, throw into disorder, thunder against, thwart, tumble, twist, ulcerate, undermine, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, upset, vandalize, vaporize, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, waste, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

Etymology
From cunfundre, from  confondre.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: обърквам, слисвам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: hämmästyttää, saattaa hämilleen


 * Icelandic: rugla
 * Norwegian: forvirre
 * Romanian:


 * Bulgarian: обърквам
 * Finnish:


 * Icelandic: að sjá ekki mun á


 * Bulgarian: влошавам


 * Icelandic: gera vont verra,


 * Bulgarian: засрамвам


 * Icelandic: niðurlægja


 * Dutch: verslaan


 * Icelandic: að sigra


 * Bulgarian: проклинам
 * Finnish:


 * Icelandic: að bölva


 * Bulgarian: слисвам, шашкам


 * Icelandic: að ergja


 * Bulgarian: осуетявам


 * Icelandic: að eyðilegga, að eyða