confounded
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment“obviously bemused by his questions”“bewildered and confused”“a cloudy and confounded philosopher”“just a mixed-up kid”“she felt lost on the first day of school”Synonyms: baffledbefuddledbemusedbewilderedconfusedlostmazedmixed-upat sea
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Confound \Con*found"\ (k[o^]n*found"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Confounding.] [F. confondre, fr. L. confundere, -fusum, to pour together; con- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Confuse.]
1.To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse. [1913 Webster]
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Let us go down, and there confound their language.— Gen. xi. 7.[1913 Webster]
2.To mistake for another; to identify falsely. [1913 Webster]
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
3.To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay. [1913 Webster]
The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
They trusted in thee and were not confounded.— Ps. xxii. 5.[1913 Webster]
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
4.To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
One man's lust these many lives confounds.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour?— Shak.
Syn: To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash. [1913 Webster]
Confounded \Con*found"ed\, a.
1.Confused; perplexed; unclear in mind or intent; bewildered.
Syn: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, mazed, mixed-up. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
A cloudy and confounded philosopher.— Cudworth.[1913 Webster]
2.Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
He was a most confounded tory.— Swift.[1913 Webster]
The tongue of that confounded woman.— Sir. W. Scott.[1913 Webster]