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adjective
- 1. used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance: informal, dated "he was a confounded nuisance"
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CONFOUND definition: 1. to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a…. Learn more.
1. : confused, perplexed. 2. : damned. I can't close this confounded window. confoundedly adverb. Synonyms. accursed. accurst. blasted. cursed. curst. cussed. damnable. danged. darn. durn. darned. durned. deuced.
When you're confounded, you are confused. A confounded student might struggle with one question on a math test for twenty minutes. If a bird flies into your house through an open window and flaps around in a befuddled panic, it's confounded.
The meaning of CONFOUND is to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity. How to use confound in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Confound.
adjective [ before noun ] old-fashioned informal uk / kənˈfaʊn.dɪd / us / kənˈfaʊn.dɪd / Add to word list. used to express anger: What a confounded nuisance! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Expressions of anger. ay. bally. beg. biscuit. blasted. bloody. dickens. dratted. egad. fie. flaming. flip. la. marry. need. precious.
Define confounded. confounded synonyms, confounded pronunciation, confounded translation, English dictionary definition of confounded. adj. 1. Confused; befuddled: A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage. 2. Used as an intensive: a confounded fool. con·found′ed·ly...
1. bewildered; confused; perplexed. 2.
to confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation: confound someone by doing something A man has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead. confound someone with something The singer confounded her critics with a remarkable follow-up album.
to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake: truth confounded with error. to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated. to damn (used in mild imprecations): Confound it! to contradict or refute: to confound their arguments. to put to shame; abash. Archaic. to defeat or overthrow.
Confounded definition: bewildered; confused; perplexed. . See examples of CONFOUNDED used in a sentence.
