con ‧ found /kənˈfaʊnd/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: confondre 'to ruin, destroy' , from Latin confundere 'to pour together, confuse' , from com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + fundere 'to pour' ]
1 . to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected:
His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.
2 . to prove someone or something wrong
confound the critics/pundits/experts etc
United’s new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.
3 . formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc
4 . formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it:
Her question completely confounded me.
5 . confound it/him/them etc old-fashioned used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something