verb [VN] (formal)
1 to confuse and surprise sb:
The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists.
2 to prove sb/sth wrong:
to confound expectations / an argument / expert opinion * She confounded her critics and proved she could do the job.
3 (old-fashioned) to defeat an enemy
IDIOMS
confound it / you! (old-fashioned) used to show that you are angry about sth/with sb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for confound is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does confound appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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