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confounded
[ kon-foun-did, kuhn- ]
adjective
- damned (used euphemistically):
That is a confounded lie.
Synonyms: objectionable, execrable, damnable
confounded
/ kənˈfaʊndɪd /
adjective
- bewildered; confused
- informal.prenominal execrable; damned
Derived Forms
- conˈfoundedness, noun
- conˈfoundedly, adverb
Other Words From
- con·founded·ly adverb
- con·founded·ness noun
- uncon·founded·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of confounded1
Example Sentences
Female sexuality has long confounded researchers and eluded popular understanding.
The self-portraits in particular confounded the art world, who reviewed them in unflattering terms like “naïve” and “pedestrian.”
But it is one that Levin has parlayed into being the voice of a movement that has confounded those outside of it.
And ultimately that may be what really confounded the Wall Street bankers.
Myths were confounded, lies proved unavailing, and there were big losers beyond Mitt Romney.
They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.
I wor amaist blinded wi' snow, coming ow'r that confounded heath.
Every confounded captain in the Force will have to view them officially; they wouldn't take our word for their being dead.
Look sharp with the light, or I shall knock my brains out against something in this confounded hole.
During the past month the confusion at Mudros, our advanced base, becomes daily worse confounded.
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