confounded

con·found·ed

C0564400 (kən-foun′dĭd, kŏn-)adj.1. Confused; befuddled: A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage.2. Used as an intensive: a confounded fool.

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con·found′ed·ly adv.con·found′ed·ness n.

confounded

(kənˈfaʊndɪd) adj1. bewildered; confused2. (prenominal) informal execrable; damned conˈfoundedly adv conˈfoundedness n

con•found•ed

(kɒnˈfaʊn dɪd, kən-)

adj. 1. bewildered; confused; perplexed. 2. damned (used as a mild oath). [1325–75] con•found′ed•ly, adv.

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confounded - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"at sea, baffled, bewildered, confused, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, bemused, lostperplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"

confounded

adjective1. Mentally uncertain:addled, addlepated, confused, confusional, muddle-headed, perplexed, turbid.Informal: mixed-up.2. So annoying or detestable as to deserve condemnation:accursed, blasted, blessed, bloody, cursed, damn, darn, execrable, infernal.Informal: blamed, damned.Chiefly British: blooming, ruddy.

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