confoundedadj.
/kənˈfaʊndɪd/ 1. Discomfited, abashed, put to shame or mental confusion; confused, disordered, etc.: see the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective]
cravena1225
matec1225
to yield oneself creanta1250
confounded1362
checkmate?c1370
convictc1430
superatec1460
beaten1550
frustrate1588
convicteda1616
skinned1897
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [adjective]
yblenta1225
amazed?c1225
wory?c1225
mingedc1275
willc1300
distracta1340
confounded1362
confuse1362
distraitc1374
whapedc1374
wilsomea1375
poseletc1390
distraught1393
perplexa1425
wildc1440
wiltc1440
dodemusydc1450
mistedc1450
unclearc1475
mazed1493
perplexeda1500
traversablea1500
mazyc1525
entangled1561
muddy?1571
distraughted1572
moidered1587
wondering1592
puzzled1598
plundered1601
distracted1604
uncollected1613
wildered1642
turbid1647
tosticated1650
fuddled1656
pixie-led1659
puzzling1692
bumbazed1720
maffled1820
obfuscated1822
confused1825
muddly1829
mystified1833
maze1842
obfusticatedc1844
head-scratching1849
clueless1862
flustery1862
befogged1868
deurmekaar1871
mosy1887
skewgee1890
buggered-up1893
confusticated1898
smock-ravelled1904
messed-up1913
screwed-up1943
hung up1945
lost1967
gravelled-
the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > embarrassed
confounded1362
awkward1713
embarrassed1756
constrained1801
gêné1806
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]
higheOE
dighela1000
deepc1000
darkOE
starkOE
dusk?c1225
subtle1340
dimc1350
subtilea1393
covert1393
mystica1398
murka1400
cloudyc1400
hard?c1400
mistyc1400
unclearc1400
diffuse1430
abstractc1450
diffused?1456
exquisitec1460
obnubilous?a1475
obscure?a1475
covered1484
intricate?a1500
nice?a1500
perplexeda1500
difficilea1513
difficult1530
privy1532
smoky1533
secret1535
abstruse?1549
difficul1552
entangled1561
confounded1572
darksome1574
obnubilate1575
enigmatical1576
confuse1577
mysteriousa1586
Delphic1598
obfuscatea1600
enfumed1601
Delphicala1603
obstruse1604
abstracted1605
confused1611
questionable1611
inevident1614
recondite1619
cryptic1620
obfuscated1620
transcendent1624
Delphian1625
oraculous1625
enigmatic1628
recluse1629
abdite1635
undilucidated1635
clouded1641
benighted1647
oblite1650
researched1653
obnubilated1658
obscurative1664
tenebrose1677
hyperbyssal1691
condite1695
diffusive1709
profound1710
tenebricose1730
oracular1749
opaque1761
unenlightening1768
darkling1795
offuscating1798
unrecognizable1817
tough1820
abstrusive1848
obscurant1878
out-of-focus1891
unplumbable1895
inenubilable1903
non-transparent1939
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] > not discriminated
undistinct1534
promiscuous1570
muddy?1571
confounded1572
confuse1577
undistinguished1598
indistinct1604
indistinguished1608
confused1611
muddied1647
indiscriminate1649
indiscriminated1669
undiscriminated1768
unselect1826
unspecialized1874
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > confused
confounded1572
confuse1577
Babylonish1591
confused1611
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 93 He bi-com so confoundet [v.r. confus, confuse] he couthe not mele.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 494 Þe gref is oure childre; what wol bi-falle þer-of and [= if] we ben confoundet.
1572 Killigrew Let. in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 421 My confounded manner of writing.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Oct. (1972) VI. 253 Our confounded business of prisoners and sick and wounded seamen, wherein he and we are so much put out of order.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 378 Heraclitus was no Clear but a Confounded Philosopher.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 109 They were confounded in their Accounts.
2.
a. Applied by way of execration to any person or thing strongly objected to: see confound v. 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > oaths other than religious or obscene
confounded1652
buggering1784
everlasting1834
condemned1841
ever-loving1912
1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 324 Such confounded and wicked pranks have the Popes plaid.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 Those dear confounded Creatures Women.
1739 J. Swift Verses on Death Dr. Swift: Nov. 1731 14 He was a most confounded Tory.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I c. 53 Some confounded escapade.
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. xvi. 270 There will be no muskets to clean, no drill, and none of your confounded pipe-clay.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 196 That's his impudence—that's his confounded impudence.
?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship lvi. 409 Those confounded newspapers are sure to get hold of the affair.
b. as adv. = confoundedly adv. (Cf. damned adv..)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad
sorea1300
grievously1340
terrible1490
beastly?1518
shrewdlyc1533
arrantly?1548
murrainly?1548
abominablea1550
pestilence1567
pestilently1567
cursedly1570
pestiferously1570
murrain1575
plaguey1584
plaguilya1586
grievous1598
scandalously1602
horridly1603
terribly1604
monstrously1611
hellish1614
dreadfullya1616
horrid1615
pestilenta1616
infernally1638
preposterously1661
woeful1684
confoundedly1694
confounded1709
glaringly1709
cursed1719
flagrantly1756
weary1790
disgustingly1804
filthy1827
blamed1833
peskily1833
pesky1833
blame1843
blasted1854
wickedly1858
blatantly1878
shamelessly1885
disgracefully1893
ruddy1913
bastarda1935
pissing1951
sodding1954
pissingly1971
1709 D. Defoe Life Rozelli (1713) I. 45 I was confounded mad to see a Rival enjoy [it].
1729 J. Swift Jrnl. Dublin Lady 2 Was it not confounded hard?
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 238 I am a confounded proud fellow at bottom.
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