“In addition to cherishing his cat, contriving to confound his parents with the latest internet conspiracy theories, and cohabitating with his phone, he's also taken to Karaoke.”

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To have mistaken something for something else

confused

put a wrong interpretation on

received a false impression

taken something amiss

gotten the wrong end of the stick

got the wrong idea

gotten the wrong idea

got the wrong end of the stick

misthought

miscounted

got the wrong idea about

gotten the wrong idea about

got it wrong

gotten it wrong

got hold of the wrong end of the stick

gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick

got the wrong impression

took wrongly

got your lines crossed about

gotten the wrong impression

taken for

gotten signals crossed

gotten wrong impression

took something the wrong way

gotten signals mixed

taken something the wrong way

incorrectly diagnosed

got your lines crossed

gotten the wrong impression about

got a false impression of

not got

failed to understand

made a wrong interpretation of

mixt

failed to appreciate

got the wrong impression about

mixed

got your wires crossed

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“I have embarrassingly managed to confound the two actors by virtue of their last names.”

Verb

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Past tense for to cause bewilderment or astonishment in someone

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

setted someone thinking

stopped someone in their tracks

caught off balance

knocked out

made someone scratch their head

boggled the mind

caused to be at a stand

screwed up

knocked the stuffing out of

hit like a ton of bricks

messed with one's head

took your breath away

taken your breath away

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

knocked over with feather

filled with amazement

mucked

raveled^US

ravelled^UK

perturbed

stumbled

baulked^UK

balked^US

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

colored^US

coloured^UK

swept someone off their feet

sprang on

clouded the issue

muddied the waters of

taken the wind out of your sails

stricken with awe

took the wind out of your sails

given a shock

gave a shock

threw up smoke screen

thrown up smoke screen

hypnotized^US

hypnotised^UK

mesmerized^US

scandalized^US

galvanized^US

sickened

stimulated

mesmerised^UK

galvanised^UK

swept off feet

scandalised^UK

arrested

setted someone back on their heels

made one's hair stand on end

hit like ton of bricks

traumatized^US

energized^US

antagonized^US

traumatised^UK

antagonised^UK

energised^UK

magnetised^UK

magnetized^US

riveted the attention of

raised someone's eyebrows

got someone going

turned on

fired with enthusiasm

shaken out of your complacency

shook out of your complacency

gave a turn

given a turn

knock down with a feather

gave someone a charge

given someone a charge

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“Theology can confound us with theories too ingenious to disprove.”

Verb

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Past tense for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

blew out of the water

blown out of the water

made a nonsense of

went against

gone against

drove a coach and horses through

driven a coach and horses through

knocked the bottom out of

knocked bottom out of

showed in its true light

shown in its true light

criticized^US

criticised^UK

canceled^US

cancelled^UK

enquired^UK

backpedaled^US

picked an argument with

had reservations about

expressed reservations about

had hesitations about

entertained doubts about

bandied words concerning

had suspicions about

felt uneasy about

declared to be untrue

found fault with

puzzled over

refused to accept

rendered null and void

expressed suspicions about

demurred about

found fault

called in

argued the pros and cons of

caught out

cavilled at

harboured suspicions about

harboured reservations about

disapproved of

raised objections to

complained about

had an argument about

taken a stand against

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“Then you distort that in some way, and so confound the reader's expectation.”

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Past tense for to throw into disorder

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

raveled^US

ravelled^UK

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“But to make that inference the source of my knowledge of the reality is to reason backwards, to confound the order of thought with the order of things.”

Verb

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Past tense for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

baulked^UK