Monday, June 15, 2015

CONFOUNDS

WORD: CONFOUNDS

MEANING:
1. To cause to become confused or perplexed. See Synonyms at perplex.
2. To fail to distinguish; mix up: Don't confound fiction and fact.
3. To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.
4. To cause to be ashamed; abash: an invention that confounded the skeptics.
5. Used in mild curses: Confound you!
6.
a. To frustrate or thwart: trivial demands that confounded the peace talks.
b. Archaic To defeat or overthrow (an enemy).
7. confuses

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A sudden rise in prices confounded the public.
2. Dhoni’s predilection for a man in a catching position behind the wicket on the leg side confounds not just commentators and observers, but appears to confuse his bowlers too.

PRONOUNCE:
con·found - कान्फाउन्ड / कन्फाउन्ड

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