All 11 Uses of
confound
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'And the widow, too,' added Mr Nickleby, 'and all three in London, confound them; all three here, Newman.'†
Chpt 3 *
- 'Confound his impudence!' muttered Squeers, rapping the stair-rail impatiently with his cane.†
Chpt 13
- Isn't it extraordinary to see a man's confounded family conceit blinding him, even to his own interest?†
Chpt 23
- 'I mustn't be cracking jokes though, for I've got a part of twelve lengths here, which I must be up in tomorrow night, and I haven't had time to look at it yet; I'm a confounded quick study, that's one comfort.'†
Chpt 23
- 'Confound these fellows!' thought Nicholas; 'they have come to breakfast, I suppose.†
Chpt 24
- 'Confound it!' reasoned the lord, 'you were thick enough with her that day, anyhow.†
Chpt 26
- 'What a confounded distance!†
Chpt 26
- CHAPTER 34 Wherein Mr Ralph Nickleby is visited by Persons with whom the Reader has been already made acquainted 'What a demnition long time you have kept me ringing at this confounded old cracked tea-kettle of a bell, every tinkle of which is enough to throw a strong man into blue convulsions, upon my life and soul, oh demmit,'—said Mr Mantalini to Newman Noggs, scraping his boots, as he spoke, on Ralph Nickleby's scraper.†
Chpt 34
- 'Confound his impudence!' said Nicholas, firing immediately.†
Chpt 37
- 'If you seek to recall any particular dashing man to my recollection by such a trait as that,' said Ralph, shrugging his shoulders, 'I shall confound him with nine-tenths of the dashing men I have ever known.'†
Chpt 47
- Why did you never give those confounded papers the lie?†
Chpt 50
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!"