verb

1. To perplex or puzzle.

2. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

3. To make something worse.

   “Don't confound the situation by yelling.”

Synonyms: confuse, mix up, puzzle

adjective

1. Confused, astonished

2. Defeated, thwarted

3. Damned, accursed, bloody

   “The confounded thing doesn't work.”