confoundingn.
/kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/ The action of confound v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun]
fallOE
confusionc1290
discomfiturea1400
castc1400
overthrowc1440
confoundinga1450
jeofail1546
prostitution1567
lurch1584
worsting1607
unhorsing1608
supplantation1617
defeat1676
overset1789
punishment1811
overthrowal1862
beating1883
unhorsement1884
whoop-ass1974
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted
confoundinga1450
frustrationa1575
prevention1582
frustrating1640
baffling1689
thwarting1825
discomfiting1826
bafflement1841
derailment1896
snookering1935
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing > through which distinctive elements are lost
confusionc1350
confoundinga1568
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun]
indistinction1624
muddiness1645
indiscrimination1649
puddling1695
undiscerning1711
muddying1713
under-niceness1748
confusion1771
mixing1831
confounding1850
colour blindness1861
undiscriminatingness1866
muddling1873
indiscriminateness1879
unfastidiousness1881
indiscriminancy1890
lumping1903
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxviii. l. 88 Vppon þe wete Se to Maken my weye with-Owten Confowndyng.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 16v The confounding of companies, breedeth confusion of good maners.
1661 J. Stephens Hist. Disc. Procur. 54 But thats confounding, and not extinguishment.
1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 140 A confounding of planes.
1889 T. Kerslake in Athenæum 27 Apr. 539/2 This mischievous confounding of..terms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
confoundingadj.
That confounds; destroying, confusing, perplexing, amazing, etc.: see the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [adjective]
maskinga1387
maskeringc1400
mazingc1449
mazefula1586
perplexing1585
distraughtful1594
confounding1595
confusive1611
perplexful1618
distracting1632
distractive1633
perplexivea1637
obstupefying1660
perplexitivea1665
posing1666
distractious1667
nonplussing1670
umbraging1683
gravelling1686
embarrassing1691
wildering1742
distractful1746
staggering1769
baffling1783
bewildering1792
head-scratching1827
mystifyingc1827
mystificatory1830
riddlesome1843
confusing1846
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > completely
crushing1577
confounding1595
prostrative1817
annihilatory1825
spiflicating1852
dishing1895
knock-out1938
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lviii. sig. Xv The touch of a confounding flame.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 141 In this Confounding Age, wherein so much was demolished and aliened.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 107 in Wks. (1721) II. A confounding shame.
1861 C. Dickens Let. 7 Nov. (1997) IX. 499 The noise was so utterly confounding.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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