confound

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verb

1. be confusing or perplexing to;
cause to be unable to think clearly (Freq. 2)
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
• Syn:
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle,
bedevil, discombobulate
• Derivationally related forms:
discombobulation (for: discombobulate), befuddlement (for: befuddle), confusion (for: confuse)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
demoralize, perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound,
disorient, disorientate
• Verb Group:
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The performance is likely to confound Sue
2. mistake one thing for another
- you are confusing me with the other candidate
- I mistook her for the secretary
• Syn:
confuse
• Derivationally related forms:
confusion (for: confuse)
• Hypernyms:
mistake, misidentify
• Verb Group:
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate, jumble, mix up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate