confounded
/kənˈfaʊndɪd/
verb
- 1
To perplex or puzzle.
- 2
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- 3
To make something worse.
“Don't confound the situation by yelling.”
- 4
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- 5
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
“His actions confounded the skeptics.”
- 6
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- 7
To damn (a mild oath).
“Confound the lady!”
- 8
To bring to ruination.
- 9
To stun, amaze
adjective
- 1
Confused, astonished
- 2
Defeated, thwarted
- 3
Damned, accursed, bloody
“The confounded thing doesn't work.”
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