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In some senses, confounded is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
confounded
/kənˈfaʊndɪd/
adj 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
fiery, immortal, right, strange
CONFOUNDED + NOUN
assignment, fool, sight, they're
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
1
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.
Reagan has famously stumped his chroniclers. His official biographer, Edmund Morris, was so confounded by the assignment that he resorted to fiction, producing a muddled portrait of “Dutch” (Reagan’s longtime nickname) that was blasted by reviewers.
2
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: […]
3
Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier.
The confounded thing doesn't work.
"This is all stuff and nonsense," said the king; "I shall have to go myself, if we are to get this confounded whistle from him."
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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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Reagan has famously stumped his chroniclers. His official biographer, Edmund Morris, was so confounded by the assignment that he resorted to fiction, producing a muddled portrait of “Dutch” (Reagan’s
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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: […]
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He was confounded at the sight of the teacher.
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His strange habit confounded them.
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I'm just as confounded as you are.
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