'Confounded' definitions:
Definition of 'confounded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea]
Definition of 'Confounded'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Confounded'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'confounded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- addled,
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- all agog,
- all up with,
- amazed,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at a loss,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- baffled,
- balled up,
- bamboozled,
- beat,
- beaten,
- beguiled,
- belied,
- bested,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- blamed,
- blankety-blank,
- blasted,
- blessed,
- breathless,
- buffaloed,
- Byzantine,
- captivated,
- complex,
- complicated,
- confused,
- confuted,
- convoluted,
- crabbed,
- cursed,
- cussed,
- dadburned,
- daedal,
- danged,
- darned,
- dashed,
- dazed,
- defeated,
- deflated,
- denied,
- deuced,
- devious,
- discarded,
- discomfited,
- discredited,
- dismayed,
- dismissed,
- disproved,
- disputed,
- doggone,
- doggoned,
- done for,
- done in,
- down,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- elaborate,
- embrangled,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- entangled,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- execrable,
- exploded,
- exposed,
- fallen,
- fascinated,
- fixed,
- flabbergasted,
- floored,
- fouled up,
- fuddled,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- goldarned,
- goshdarn,
- gross,
- hors de combat,
- hypnotized,
- implicated,
- impugned,
- in a dilemma,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- in suspense,
- infernal,
- intricate,
- invalidated,
- involuted,
- involved,
- knotted,
- labyrinthian,
- labyrinthine,
- lambasted,
- lathered,
- licked,
- lost in wonder,
- loused up,
- many-faceted,
- marveling,
- matted,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- mesmerized,
- messed up,
- mixed up,
- mucked up,
- muddled,
- multifarious,
- mystified,
- negated,
- negatived,
- nonplussed,
- on tenterhooks,
- on the skids,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- out-and-out,
- outdone,
- outright,
- overborne,
- overcome,
- overmastered,
- overmatched,
- overpowered,
- overridden,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- overwhelmed,
- panicked,
- perplexed,
- popeyed,
- punctured,
- put to rout,
- puzzled,
- ramified,
- rank,
- rapt in wonder,
- refuted,
- rejected,
- roundabout,
- routed,
- ruddy,
- ruined,
- scattered,
- screwed up,
- settled,
- shocked,
- shown up,
- silenced,
- skinned,
- skinned alive,
- snarled,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- stampeded,
- staring,
- straight-out,
- stuck,
- stumped,
- stupefied,
- subtle,
- surprised,
- tangled,
- tangly,
- thrown,
- thunderstruck,
- trimmed,
- trounced,
- twisted,
- under a charm,
- undone,
- unmitigated,
- upset,
- whelmed,
- whipped,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering,
- worsted