Cook and Confound

Cook

Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Usage example: it turns out the pharmaceutical researcher had cooked her data

Confound and cook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Confound" instead a verb "Cook".

Nearby Words: cooked, cooking, cookery, cooker, cooky

Confound

Confound verb - To throw into a state of mental uncertainty.

Cook and confound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cook" instead a verb "Confound".

Nearby Words: confounding, confoundedly

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people cook people confound people
dog cook dog confound dog
enemies cook enemies confound enemies
heroes cook heroes confound heroes
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