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confounding
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Definitions ofconfounding
1verb
- To perplex or puzzle.
Synonyms: puzzle
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
Synonyms: confuse, "mix up"
- To make something worse.
Example: "Don't confound the situation by yelling."
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
Example: "His actions confounded the skeptics."
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To damn (a mild oath).
Example: "Confound the lady!"
- To bring to ruination.
- To stun, amaze
1noun
- The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
- The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.
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