confounded
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confounded
- /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
verb
- simple past and past participle of confound Here Mrs. Higgs paused for a moment, and drew out a huge red pocket-handkerchief, with which her face was for some minutes confounded.
adjective more confounded · most confounded
- Confused, astonished. The media is very confounded right now. They're very confused. They don't know whether to trash themselves, trash their colleagues, or what.
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Defeated, thwarted.
Nine times the Space that measures Day and Night
To mortal men, he with his horrid crew
Lay vanquisht, rowling in the fiery Gulfe
Confounded though immortal: […]
Similar: beaten, overcome, vanquished, foiled, bested, broken, confounded, conquered, defeated, licked, overpowered, pwned
- Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier. The confounded thing doesn't work.
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adj confused
| Español | confundido |
|---|---|
| Français | confondu |
| Deutsch | verwechselt, durcheinander, verwirrt |
| Русский | сбитый с толку sbityj s tolku |
adj defeated
| Español | confundido |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | besiegt, überwunden |
adj damned
| Español | condenado, maldito, execrable, desgraciado, odioso, detestable |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verdammt, verflucht |
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title = {confounded},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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