confounded

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/kənˈfaʊndɪd/ English

Definitions

verb

To perplex or puzzle.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
To make something worse.“Don't confound the situation by yelling.”
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.

adjective

Confused, astonished
Defeated, thwarted
Damned, accursed, bloody“The confounded thing doesn't work.”

Related words

Synonyms

confuse mix up puzzle befuddled perplexed bewildered baffled confused bemused mixed-up mazed lost at sea puzzled disconcerted amazed cursed flawed

Associated

expectations stimulus variables confusion critics scattered factors ibn understand genetic fact nor

Rhymes

astounded unbounded grounded expounded unfounded founded rounded compounded bounded pounded

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