confound

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

con·found (kən-foundʹ, kŏn-)tr.v. con·found·ed, con·found·ing, con·founds
1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at puzzle.
2. To fail to distinguish; mix up:
confound fiction and fact.
3. To make (something bad) worse:
Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
4. To cause to be ashamed; abash:
an invention that confounded the skeptics.
5. To damn.
6.
a. To frustrate:
trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
b. Archaic. To bring to ruination. [Middle English confounden, from Anglo-Norman confundre, from Latin cōnfundere, to mix together, confuse : com-, com- + fundere, to pour; See gheu- in Indo-European Roots.] con·foundʹer n.con·foundʹing·ly adv.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate