Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to confound
Participle: confounded
Gerund: confounding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | confound |
| you | confound |
| he;she;it | confounds |
| we | confound |
| you | confound |
| they | confound |
Perfect
| I | have confounded |
| you | have confounded |
| he;she;it | has confounded |
| we | have confounded |
| you | have confounded |
| they | have confounded |
Past
| I | confounded |
| you | confounded |
| he;she;it | confounded |
| we | confounded |
| you | confounded |
| they | confounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had confounded |
| you | had confounded |
| he;she;it | had confounded |
| we | had confounded |
| you | had confounded |
| they | had confounded |
Future
| I | will confound |
| you | will confound |
| he;she;it | will confound |
| we | will confound |
| you | will confound |
| they | will confound |
Future Perfect
| I | will have confounded |
| you | will have confounded |
| he;she;it | will have confounded |
| we | will have confounded |
| you | will have confounded |
| they | will have confounded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | confound |
| you | confound |
| he;she;it | confound |
| we | confound |
| you | confound |
| they | confound |
Perfect
| I | have confounded |
| you | have confounded |
| he;she;it | have confounded |
| we | have confounded |
| you | have confounded |
| they | have confounded |
Imperfect
| I | confounded |
| you | confounded |
| he;she;it | confounded |
| we | confounded |
| you | confounded |
| they | confounded |
Pluperfect
| I | had confounded |
| you | had confounded |
| he;she;it | had confounded |
| we | had confounded |
| you | had confounded |
| they | had confounded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would confound |
| you | would confound |
| he;she;it | would confound |
| we | would confound |
| you | would confound |
| they | would confound |
Perfect
| I | would have confounded |
| you | would have confounded |
| he;she;it | would have confounded |
| we | would have confounded |
| you | would have confounded |
| they | would have confounded |
Imperative
| you | confound |
| we | Let's confound |
| you | confound |
Verbs conjugated like 'confound'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'confound'
cofound,
compound,
contund,
infound,
unconfound,
unfound,
commaund,
concord,
condone,
confine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- abash
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English confounden (“destroy, ruin, perplex”), from Anglo-Norman cunfundre and Old French confondre, from Latin cōnfundō (“to mingle, mix together”). Related to found (“to melt (metals in a foundry)”) (but not to found (“to start”), nor to find) and to fusion. See: Old French '
confondre', Latin '
cōnfundō'.
Verbs referencing "confound"
Ido konfundar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] understanding, to assume the direction,—giving her so many cautious directions and charges, that a head less systematic and business-like than Miss Ophelia's would have been utterly dizzied and confounded.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] America (strange cause for history to treat of ! ), sufficient regard has not been had to the existence of the first class of persons; and it has been contended that they are hardly used, in being confounded with the second. This is, no doubt, the case; noble instances of pecuniary and personal sacrifice have already had their growth among them; and it is much to be regretted that the gulf between them [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] running wrong, there does seem to be no end to it. It's like jumping from one bog to another, all through a swamp; borrow of one to pay another, and then borrow of another to pay one,—and these confounded notes falling due before a man has time to smoke a cigar and turn round,—dunning letters and dunning messages,—all scamper and hurry-scurry. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Legree looked stupefied and confounded; but at last burst forth,—“What ! ye blasted black beast ! tell _me_ ye don't think it _right_ to do what I tell ye ! What have any of you cussed cattle to do with thinking what's right ? I'll put a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] broken remnants of families,—men and women, escaped, by miraculous providences from the surges of slavery,—feeble in knowledge, and, in many cases, infirm in moral constitution, from a system which confounds and confuses every principle of Christianity and morality. They come to seek a refuge among you; they come to seek education, knowledge, Christianity.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)