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confounded Definition

con·founded (kən fo̵undid)

adjective

  1. confused; bewildered
  2. damned: a mild oath

confounded Related Forms

con·found·edly adverb

confounded Synonyms

confounded

modif.

confused, bewildered, disconcerted; see doubtful 2.

confounded Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Blowing the conch, you simply make Confusion worse confounded.

Modifies a noun

  • thing: We don't know what's in the confounded thing, you know!
  • nuisance: You just go on committing offenses that are a confounded nuisance to everyone around you.
  • expectation: As limitations confounded expectations, ES moved into a more realistic role, that of decision support.
  • conservatory: Haven't we come to the end of this confounded conservatory yet?
  • fool: The worst of the story is, said he, that I show myself up as such a confounded fool.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: When several horsemen appear in a semicircle, it becomes confounded, and does not know which way to escape.
  • get: And any other viewpoint just gets so confounded that you can't find your way through here without some magic.