confound

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. To perplex or puzzle.
2. To stun or amaze.
3. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
4. (proscribed, sometimes) To make something worse.
5. To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
6. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
7. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
8. (dated) To damn (a mild oath).
9. (archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.

Noun

A confounding variable.

Konzepte

verwechseln

verwirren

verblüffen

erstaunen

verfluchen

vermischen

verschlechtern

verschlimmern

verschmelzen

zunichte machen

besiegen

verwursten

durcheinanderbringen

durchkreuzen

Synonyme

confuse

perplex

puzzle

bewilder

baffle

frustrate

disconcert

amaze

throw

astonish

bemuse

discompose

jumble

fuddle

agitate

discombobulate

floor

block

becloud

bedevil

befuddle

abash

defeat

derange

destroy

discomfit

disturb

foil

fox

🦊

hinder

mix up

nonplus

stun

stymie

stymy

surprise

thwart

flurry

fluster

flutter

bepuzzle

tousle

complicate

commingle

get

gravel

transpose

inconvenience

intermix

jar

🫙

Übersetzungen

confondre

confondere

ανακατώνω

verwarren

confundir

confundir

déconcerter

συγχύζω

desconcertar

συγχέω

perturbar

μπερδεύω

aturdir

şaşırtmak

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kənˈfaʊnd/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: confounden

In summary

From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and Old French confondre, from Latin cōnfundō (“to mingle, mix together”). Related to found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”) (but not to found (“to start”), nor to find) and to fusion.