confounded
pronunciation
How to pronounce confounded in British English:
UK [kənˈfaʊndɪd]
How to pronounce confounded in American English:
US [kənˈfaʊndɪd, kɑn-]
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- Adjective:
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
Word Origin
- confounded (adj.)
- as an intensive execration, "odious, detestable, damned," 1650s, from past participle of confound, in its older English sense of "overthrow utterly."
Example
- 1. However , they admit that the chinese market has confounded the best forecasters in recent years , so no one can know for sure .
- 2. Most of the time , though , the parents are confounded by the sudden change of their son or daughter , or one spouse blames the other for their queer fortune .
- 3. Some analysts say the ldp remains a formidable electoral machine , and that past election results have sometimes confounded poll predictions .
- 4. Puzzling results from cern , home of the lhc , have confounded physicists - because it appears subatomic particles have exceeded the speed of light .
- 5. And friends will be confounded because they don 't understand these new lifestyle choices .