Definitions
1.nounA confounding variable.
2.verbTo perplex or puzzle.
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 the lady!"
9.verbTo bring to ruination.
10.verbTo stun, amaze