[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"confound"[/SIZE][/B] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/confuse]confuse[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/throw]throw[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/fox]fox[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/befuddle]befuddle[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/fuddle]fuddle[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/bedevil]bedevil[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/discombobulate]discombobulate[/URL]] [*]mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/confuse]confuse[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/confound]http://www.word.sc/confound[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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