Confounded

/kənˈfaʊndɪd/

Synonyms for "confounded" (245 found)

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Closest matches (49)

absolute addled agape aghast agogall agogall up withamazed astonished astoundedat a lossat gazeawed awestruck baffledballed upbamboozled beat beaten beguiled

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belied bested bewildered bewitched blamedblankety blankblankety-blank blasted blessed blighted blinding breathless buffaloed byzantine captivated complex complicated

Verb(7 words)

annoying baffle bewilder bewildered biased blast boggled

Adjective(5 words)

at seabaffled befuddled bemused bewildered

Strong matches (74)

confused confuted convoluted crabbed cursed cussed dadburned daedal damned danged darned dashed dazed defeated deflated denied deuced devious discarded discomfited

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discredited dismayed dismissed disproved disputed dizzy doggone doggoneddone fordone indown dumbfounded dumbstruck elaborate embrangled enchanted enraptured enravished entangled enthralled entranced execrable exploded exposed fallen fascinated fixed flabbergasted flooredfouled upfuddled gaping gauping goldarned goshdarn groggy gross helplesshors de combathypnotized implicated impugnedin a dilemmain awe

Adjective(1 words)

confused

Verb(7 words)

confused darn defeat distort dizzied fiddlesticks gosh

Adjective(2 words)

damned doomed

Related words (122)

in awe ofin suspenseinfernal intricate invalidated involuted involved knotted labyrinthian labyrinthine lambasted lathered lickedlost in wonderloused upmany-faceted marveling matted mazy meandering

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mesmerizedmessed upmixed upmucked upmuddled multifarious mystified negated negatived nonplussedon tenterhookson the skidsopen eyedopen-eyed openmouthedout-and-outoutdone outright overborne overcome overmastered overmatched overpowered overridden overthrown overturned overwhelmed panicked perplexed petrified popeyed proper punctured pureput to routpuzzled ramified rankrapt in wonderrefuted rejected roundabout routed ruddy ruined scatteredscrewed upsettled sheer shockedshown upsilenced skinnedskinned alivesnarled spellbound staggered stampeded staring stark straight-out stuck stumped stupefied subtle surprised tangled tangly thrown thunderstruck trimmed trounced twistedunder a charmundone unmitigated unqualified upset whelmed whippedwide eyedwide-eyed wonder-struck wondering worsted

Verb(13 words)

irritating mask mislead misleading obscure outperform perplex puzzle puzzled stymied troublesome uninterpretable vanquish

Adjective(4 words)

lost mazed mixed-up nonplused

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

actioncausal reasoningcognitioncognitive stateexclamation intensifier interjectionmental processstatistical conceptstatistical term

More specific

20 entries

annoyance bewilder bewildered bias curse defeat distort expletive flummox irritant mask nuisance obscure outperform puzzledspurious relationship

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Collocations

14 entries

confounded bureaucracyconfounded by designconfounded dataconfounded errorconfounded expressionconfounded measurementconfounded nuisanceconfounded resultsconfounded variableconfounded variablesconfounderconfounding biasconfounding factorconfounding variable

Inflections

4 entries

confounding confoundsmore confoundedmost confounded

Derivations

6 entries

confound confoundedly confoundedness confounder confounding confoundingly

similar

1 entries

perplexed

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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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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"The worst of the story is," said he, "that I show myself up as such a confounded fool."

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