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The definition of confounded is confused, or an expression similar to the word "damn" used to represent mild annoyance or anger.

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When you are confused and perplexed by a problem you are trying to solve, this is an example of when you are confounded.
If you find someone to be a bit annoying, this is an example of when you might describe him as a confounded pest.

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See confounded in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

confused; bewildered
damned: a mild oath

Related Forms:

confoundedly adverb

See confounded in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Confused; befuddled: A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage.
Used as an intensive: a confounded fool.

Related Forms:

con·foundˈed·ly adverb

con·foundˈed·ness noun

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