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confounded

The correct spelling is confounded.

How to pronounce confounded

verb

IPA: /kənˈfaʊndɪd/

Say it like: Con-fow-nde-d

The correct spelling is confounded. To perplex or puzzle. For example: "Don't confound the situation by yelling."

Usage Examples

Don't confound the situation by yelling.

His actions confounded the skeptics.

Confound the lady!

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To perplex or puzzle.
  2. 2.To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
  3. 3.To make something worse.
  4. 4.To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
  5. 5.To cause to be ashamed; to abash.

adjective

  1. 1.Confused, astonished
  2. 2.Defeated, thwarted
  3. 3.Damned, accursed, bloody

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