All 5 Uses
confound
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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- you must not confound styles.†
Chpt 1.1.2
- This semi-approbation sufficed for Gringoire, and, conducting his own affairs, he began to shout, confounding himself with the crowd as much as possible: "Begin the mystery again!†
Chpt 1.1.4
- Men, women, beasts, age, sex, health, maladies, all seemed to be in common among these people; all went together, they mingled, confounded, superposed; each one there participated in all.†
Chpt 1.2.6 *
- Pologne, Catalogue, Valogne, I always confound those three provinces, One thing is certain, that they are gypsies.†
Chpt 1.6.3
- May the devil confound you!†
Chpt 2.10.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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!"
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)