confounding

Meanings

Plural: confoundings

Verb

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
• mistake one thing for another
• present participle and gerund of confound

Adjective Satellite

• that confounds or contradicts or confuses

Noun

• The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
• The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually explained by another factor.

Adj

• Confusing, bewildering, baffling or perplexing.

Synonyms

bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, contradictory, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw

Anagrams of confounding