What is another word for confounding ?

stopping someone in their tracks

Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

setting someone thinking

screwing up

knocking the stuffing out of

making someone scratch their head

causing to be at a stand

taking your breath away

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

numbing

awing

aweing

messing with one's head

getting to

petrifying

muddying the waters

hitting like a ton of bricks

making more difficult

knocking over with feather

distracting from

making your head spin

throwing into a tizzy

filling with wonder

filling with amazement

taking the wind out of your sails

causing to lose your bearings

besetting

thickening

throwing for a loop

putting out of action

encumbering

mucking

sweeping someone off their feet

colouring^UK

coloring^US

running circles around

rendering unintelligible

throwing up smoke screen

clouding the issue

throwing a veil over

muddying the waters of

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“As if that weren't enough, the disc itself will confuse and confound you.”

Verb

driving a coach and horses through

Present participle for to demonstrate or expose to the falsehood of something

shooting full of holes

blowing out of the water

denying

shooting down in flames

calling into question

knocking the bottom out of

flying in the face of

discounting

showing in its true light

knocking bottom out of

putting under suspicion

taking a stand against

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

giving thumbs down to

cancelling out

canceling out

facing down

declaring to be untrue

washing your hands of

refusing to acknowledge

criticizing^US

rendering null and void

enquiring^UK

criticising^UK

rivalling^UK

rivaling^US

saying the opposite of

defending oneself against

ending relations with

dropping out

taking back

refusing to recognize

cutting off without a penny

divorcing oneself from

having nothing more to do with

going back on your word

picking an argument with

arguing the pros and cons of

bandying words concerning

wondering about

having an argument about

putting up a fight against

striving against

speaking out against

setting your face against

standing up and be counted against

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

Verb

putting someone off their stroke

Present participle for to disturb the composure of

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

causing someone to lose their composure

setting someone back on their heels

pulling the rug from under

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

making self-conscious

dishonoring^US

throwing into a tizzy

scaring someone out of their wits

ticking off

throwing into a panic

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

causing to be at a stand

taking down a peg

putting on the spot

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone scratch their head

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring the pants off

getting at

throwing into a blue funk

putting to shame

making a shambles of

making a scene

pulling the rug out from under

throwing into confusion

making fretful

gnawing at

throwing into uproar

throwing into disorder

blinding

disorientating

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

making one's hair stand on end

frightening the living daylights out of

hurting somebody's feelings

upsetting the applecart

stopping someone in their tracks

bustling

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

filling with consternation

getting one's comeuppance

driving you out of your mind

agonizing^US

tantalising^UK

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

putting the fear of God into

putting chill on

scaring silly

frightening the life out of

causing to feel small

running down

bringing down

cutting down to size

settling someone's hash

casting down

vanquishing

bringing low

making someone eat crow

playing down

downplaying

taking down a peg or two

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Verb

putting a wrong interpretation on

Present participle for to wrongly interpret or identify something

taking something amiss

getting wrong

erring

misapplying

getting the wrong idea

getting the wrong end of the stick

muddling up

getting the wrong idea about

getting it wrong

receiving a false impression

getting hold of the wrong end of the stick

getting the wrong impression

getting signals crossed

taking something the wrong way

getting wrong impression

getting signals mixed

getting your lines crossed about

getting the wrong impression about

failing to understand

failing to appreciate

having wrong impression

exaggerating

getting your wires crossed

getting your lines crossed

getting a false impression of

making a wrong interpretation of

incorrectly diagnosing

making a mistake about

getting the wrong end of the stick about

barking up wrong tree

doing someone an injustice

jumping to the wrong conclusion about

coming to hasty conclusion

putting foot in

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

Verb

Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

throwing a spanner in the works

putting the kibosh on

crabbing

preventing

holding back

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

giving the run around

crimping

stymieing

holding up

throwing a monkey wrench into

hanging fire

throwing a spanner in the works of

putting on back burner

putting the mockers on

giving the slip

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

putting the stopper on

taking down

playing off

cooking someone's goose

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

giving the run-around

running circles around

running rings around

halting in its tracks

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

nipping in the bud

throwing monkey wrench in

confusing

skinning

stultifying

standing in the way of

taking the wind out of your sails

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Verb

Present participle for to frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

putting the kibosh on

putting the stopper on

getting the better of

putting the mockers on

standing in the way of

upsetting the applecart

putting end to

taking wind out of sails

giving the run-around

running circles around

running rings around

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

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Verb

Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of

Verb

Present participle for to increase in amount, size, degree or value

Verb

bringing someone to their knees

Present participle for to be victorious over

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

getting the better of

succeeding over

blowing out

blowing out of the water

giving someone a drubbing

giving someone a hiding

making mincemeat of

putting someone in their place

running rings around

wiping the floor with

shutting down

taking to the cleaners

trampling underfoot

wiping off map

Verb

giving someone a bad press

Present participle for to criticize strongly

condemning

censuring

denouncing

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

penalising^UK

penalizing^US

giving something a bad press

Verb

Present participle for to administer wrongly or badly

making a pig's ear of

making a dog's dinner of

putting a spanner in the works

doing something badly

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Adjective

Strange or difficult to comprehend

Adjective

Having self-contradictory properties

like a fish out of water

sticking out a mile

standing out a mile

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Adjective

Easy to use and understand.

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

impossible to separate

like nothing on earth

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Adjective

Startling, surprising or shocking in an unexpected way

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

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Adjective

economical with the truth

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression

phony^US

phoney^UK

colored^US

coloured^UK

terminologically inexact

bearing false witness

to all intents and purposes

not backed up by evidence

not what it is cracked up to be

not entirely truthful

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Adjective

Having one or more bends or angles

spiraling^US

spiralling^UK

full of twists and turns

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Noun

The state of being bewildered or unclear in one's mind about something

skepticism^US

lack of comprehension

scepticism^UK

state of bewilderment

state of disorientation

feverishness

fever

trancelike state

state of stupefaction

lack of understanding

state of perturbation

source of consternation

kick in the teeth

source of distress

a bolt out of the blue

source of amazement

a bolt from the blue

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Noun