All 16 Uses of
confound
in
Crime and Punishment
- "No matter, sir, no matter!" he went on hurriedly and with apparent composure when both the boys at the counter guffawed and even the innkeeper smiled—"No matter, I am not confounded by the wagging of their heads; for everyone knows everything about it already, and all that is secret is made open.†
Chpt 1.2
- Enough of him, confound him!†
Chpt 1.4 *
- They want to decoy me there and confound me over everything," he mused, as he went out on to the stairs—"the worst of it is I'm almost light-headed….†
Chpt 2.1
- Suddenly he stopped; a new utterly unexpected and exceedingly simple question perplexed and bitterly confounded him.†
Chpt 2.2
- Well, confound you then!†
Chpt 2.2
- Yes, confound the man! he may have upset the case altogether.†
Chpt 2.5
- Confound you, don't tell me then.†
Chpt 2.6
- "Confound it," he went on almost aloud.†
Chpt 2.6
- But confound them all now!†
Chpt 2.7
- I am a little drunk, brother, only, confound him, he has some idea of his own….†
Chpt 2.7
- Confound it!†
Chpt 3.2
- "He is always humbugging, confound him," cried Razumihin, jumping up and gesticulating.†
Chpt 3.5
- And as for my confounded laughter, please excuse it, Rodion Romanovitch.†
Chpt 4.5
- I am not so stupid…. though, of course, there is fighting…. there won't be later, but at present there is…. confound it!†
Chpt 5.1
- Confound it all!†
Chpt 5.1
- "Oh, don't talk of them; there have been no more in Petersburg, confound them!" he cried with an air of irritation.†
Chpt 6.3
Definition:
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(confound) to confuse, prove wrong, frustrate, or express frustrationin various senses, including:
confuse or surprise -- sometimes specifically to confuse one thing with another
- "confounded by the puzzle" -- confused or perplexed
- "Test results confounded the experts." -- surprised and confused
- "Do not confound confidence with correctness." -- mistake one thing for another
prove wrong, defeat, or frustrate
- "The test results confounded my theory." -- proved wrong
- "Their defense confounded our offense." -- defeated or frustrated
make worse
- "She confounded the problem by painting without sanding." -- made worse
- "The task is complicated by other confounding factors." -- making worse
an exclamation expressing anger or frustration
- "Confound it! Will I ever get this thing to work?"
- "I don't understand the confounded directions!"