[{"word":"confounding","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To perplex or puzzle.","synonyms":["puzzle"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.","synonyms":["confuse","mix up"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make something worse.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Don't confound the situation by yelling."},{"definition":"To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to be ashamed; to abash.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His actions confounded the skeptics."},{"definition":"To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To damn (a mild oath).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Confound the lady!"},{"definition":"To bring to ruination.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To stun, amaze","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["confuse","mix up","puzzle"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which things are confounded, or confused.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confound","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confounding"]}]