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confound::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | baffle, beat, bewilder, vex, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, amaze, demoralize, disorient |
| Verb group | confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confuse |
| Type of | mistake, misidentify |
| Verb group | blur, obnubilate, confuse, jumble, mix up, obscure |
Examples of confound
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But animals migrating from one population to the other can confound the results.
From the newscientist.com
To confound the stereotypes, Obama's campaign decided to challenge them directly.
From the theatlantic.com
But as we've highlighted in the past, this one could yet confound expectations.
From the independent.co.uk
The task was performed in infrared light to remove sight as a potential confound.
From the nature.com
Such a confound notion would allow anyone to pack heat with no questions asked.
From the tennessean.com
The history of the Aeta continues to confound anthropologists and archaeologists.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Sienna survived her infancy, but her small size continued to confound experts.
From the abcnews.go.com
He tells Jasper Rees about the piece he wrote to confound everyone's expectations.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Against this, he has two difficulties, still capable of combining to confound him.
From the economist.com
- Confuse: 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"
- Confuse: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
- (confounded) baffled: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
- In statistics, a confounding variable (also confounding factor, lurking variable, a confound, or confounder) is an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable. ...
- To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle; To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong; To make something worse; To cause to be ashamed; to abash; To defeat; To damn; To frustrate, to thwart; To bring to ruination
- (confounded) Confused; thwarted
- (Confounded) The situation in which the effect of a controlled variable is inextricably mixed with that of another, uncontrolled variable. ...
- An extraneous variable that may influence the results of an experiment.
- In experimental research, a situation where two variables change simultaneously, making it impossible to determine their relative influence.
