Definitions
1.VerbTo perplex or puzzle.
2.VerbTo stun or amaze.
3.VerbTo fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
4.VerbTo make something worse."Don't confound the situation by yelling."
5.VerbTo combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
6.VerbTo cause to be ashamed; to abash."His actions confounded the skeptics."
7.VerbTo defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
8.VerbTo damn (a mild oath)."Confound you!; Confound the lady!"
9.VerbTo destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
10.NounA confounding variable.