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Adjective confounded has 1 sense
- baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea - 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"
Antonym: unperplexed (indirect, via perplexed)
Verb confound has 2 senses
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to confound Sue
- confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
--2 is one way to mistake, misidentify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
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