confound

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kənˈfaʊnd/

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• Hyphenation: con‧found

Verb

Plain form confound

Third-person singular confounds

Past tense confounded

Past participle confounded

Present participle confounding

1. If you confound someone, you surprise them by doing something that they did not expect.