English-Thai Dictionary

confound

VT ทำให้ รู้สึก สับสน  bewilder tam-hai-ru-suek-sab-son

 

confound

VT ผสม ปนเป  confuse puzzle pa-som-pon-pe

 

confounded

ADJ ที่ สับสน  confused bewildered ti-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFOUND

v.t.[L., to pour out. Literally, to pour or throw together. ] 1. To mingle and blend different things, so that their forms or natures cannot be distinguished; to mix in a mass or crowd, so that individuals cannot be distinguished.
2. To throw into disorder.
Let us go down, and there confound their language. Genesis 11:7.
3. To mix or blend, so as to occasion a mistake of one thing for another.
A fluid body and a wetting liquor, because they agree in many things, are wont to be confounded.
Men may confound ideas with words.
4. To perplex; to disturb the apprehension by indistinctness of ideas or words.
Men may confound each other by unintelligible terms or wrong application of words.
5. To abash; to throw the mind into disorder; to cast down; to make ashamed.
Be thou confounded and bear thy shame. Ezekiel 16:52.
Saul confounded the Jews at Damascus. Acts 9:22.
6. To perplex with terror; to terrify; to dismay; to astonish; to throw into consternation; to stupify with amazement.
So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood a while as mute confounded what to say.
The multitude came together and were confounded. Acts 2:6.
7. To destroy; to overthrow.
So deep a malice to confound the race of mankind in one root.

 

CONFOUNDED

pp. 1. Mixed or blended in disorder; perplexed; abashed; dismayed; put to shame and silence; astonished.
2. Enormous; as a confounded tory. [Vulgar. ]

 

CONFOUNDEDLY

adv. Enormously; greatly; shamefully; as, he was confoundedly avaricious. [A low word. ]

 

CONFOUNDEDNESS

n.The state of being confounded.

 

CONFOUNDER

n.One who confounds; one who disturbs the mind, perplexes, refutes, frustrates and puts to shame or silence; one who terrifies.

 

CONFOUNDING

ppr. Mixing and blending; putting into disorder; perplexing; disturbing the mind; abashing, and putting to shame and silence; astonishing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFOUND

Con *found " (kon *found "), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. &vb. n. Confounding. ] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse. ]

 

1. To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

 

They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. Locke.

 

Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen. xi. 7.

 

2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.

 

They [the tinkers ] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. Macaulay.

 

3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.

 

The gods confound. .. The Athenians both within and out that wall. Shak.

 

They trusted in thee and were not confounded. Ps. xxii. 5.

 

So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. Milton.

 

4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs. ]

 

One man's lust these many lives confounds. Shak.

 

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour Shak.

 

Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

 

CONFOUNDED

CONFOUNDED Con *found "ed, a.

 

1. Confused; perplexed.

 

A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth.

 

2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq. ]

 

He was a most confounded tory. Swift.

 

The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.

 

CONFOUNDEDLY

CONFOUNDEDLY Con *found "ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq. ] "Confoundedly sick. " Goldsmith.

 

CONFOUNDEDNESS

CONFOUNDEDNESS Con *found "ed *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being confounded.

 

Their witty descant of my confoundedness. Milton.

 

CONFOUNDER

CONFOUNDER Con *found "er, n.

 

Defn: One who confounds.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confound

con found |kənˈfound kənˈfaʊnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause surprise or confusion in (someone ), esp. by acting against their expectations: the inflation figure confounded economic analysts. • prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction ) wrong: the rise in prices confounded expectations. • defeat (a plan, aim, or hope ): we will confound these tactics by the pressure groups. • archaic overthrow (an enemy ). 2 (often be confounded with ) mix up (something ) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish: 'nuke' is now a cooking technique, as microwave radiation is confounded with nuclear radiation. ▶exclam. dated used to express anger or annoyance: oh, confound it, where is the thing? ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere ‘pour together, mix up. ’ Compare with confuse .

 

confounded

con found ed |kənˈfoundəd, kän -kənˈfaʊndəd | ▶adjective informal, dated used for emphasis, esp. to express anger or annoyance: he was a confounded nuisance. DERIVATIVES con found ed ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

confound

con |found |kənˈfaʊnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 cause surprise or confusion in (someone ), especially by not according with their expectations: the inflation figure confounded economic analysts. • prove (a theory or expectation ) wrong: the rise in prices confounded expectations. • defeat (a plan, aim, or hope ): we will confound these tactics by the pressure groups. • archaic overthrow (an enemy ). 2 mix up (something ) with something else: he was forever confounding managerialism with idealism. ▶exclamation dated used to express anger or annoyance: oh confound it, where is the thing? ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French confondre, from Latin confundere ‘pour together, mix up ’. Compare with confuse .

 

confounded

con |found ¦ed |kənˈfaʊndɪd | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] informal, dated used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance: he was a confounded nuisance. DERIVATIVES confoundedly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confound

confound verb 1 the figures confounded analysts: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, throw, shake, discompose, bewilder, bedazzle, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse; take aback, shake up, catch off balance; informal flabbergast, blow someone's mind, blow away, flummox, faze, stump, beat, fox, discombobulate. 2 he has always confounded expectations: contradict, counter, invalidate, negate, go against, quash, explode, demolish, shoot down, destroy, disprove; informal poke holes in.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confound

confound verb 1 the inflation figure confounded economic analysts: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger, surprise, startle, stun, stupefy, daze, nonplus; throw, shake, unnerve, disconcert, discompose, dismay, bewilder, set someone thinking, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confuse; take someone's breath away, take by surprise, take aback, shake up, stop someone in their tracks, strike dumb, leave open-mouthed, leave aghast, catch off balance; N. Amer. informal buffalo; informal flabbergast, floor, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, knock the stuffing out of someone, bowl over, blow someone's mind, blow away, flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, beat, fox, make someone scratch their head, be all Greek to, fog; archaic wilder, gravel, maze, cause to be at a stand, distract, pose; rare obfuscate. 2 the bad boy of country music has always confounded expectations: invalidate, negate, contradict, counter, go against, discredit, give the lie to, drive a coach and horses through; quash, explode, demolish, shoot down, destroy; disprove, prove wrong, prove false, falsify; informal shoot full of holes, blow sky-high; rare controvert, confute, negative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confound

con found /kənfáʊnd , 4 ではしばしば kɑ̀nfáʊnd |kɔ̀n -/〖con (共に )found (注ぐ )〗動詞 ～s /-dz /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈予想外の事態 態度などが 〉〈人 〉を困惑 [当惑 ]させる , まごつかせる ▸ She was confounded by his quick recovery .彼女は彼の早い回復に驚いた ▸ The problem quite confounded me .その問題に私はかなり当惑した 2 ｟かたく 古 ｠〈敵 計画など 〉を打ち負かす , 打ち破る .3 ｟やや古 ｠ «…と » …を 混同する (confuse ) «with » .4 ｟くだけて やや古 ｠…をのろう (!damnの婉曲語 ) ▸ Confound it [him, you ]!ちくしょう

 

confounded

con f ó und ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 ｟古 話 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗いまわしい, ひどい ▸ a confounded fool 大ばか者 2 当惑した .～ly 副詞 ｟話 ｠ひどく, べらぼうに .