C — Confirmative to Confoundedly (Part 6 of 6)

4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]

One man's lust these many lives confounds.
Shak.

How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?
Shak.

Syn. — To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.

Confounded
(Con*found"ed), a.

1. Confused; perplexed.

A cloudy and confounded philosopher.
Cudworth.

2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]

He was a most confounded tory.
Swift.

The tongue of that confounded woman.
Sir. W. Scott.

Confoundedly
(Con*found"ed*ly), adv. Extremely; odiously; detestably. [Colloq.] "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.