baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
confounded
simple past tense and past participle of confound
confounded (comparative more confounded, superlative most confounded)
confused, astonished
defeated, thwarted
damned, accursed, bloody
• deconfound
Source: Wiktionary
Con*found"ed, a.
1. Confused; perplexed.
A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth.
2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. [Colloq.]
He was a most confounded tory. Swift.
The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
Con*found" (kon*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.
They who strip not ideas from the marks men use for them, but confound them with words, must have endless dispute. Locke.
Let us go down, and there confound their language. Gen. xi. 7.
2. To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
They [the tinkers] were generally vagrants and pilferers, and were often confounded with the gypsies. Macaulay.
3. To throw into confusion or disorder; to perplex; to strike with amazement; to dismay.
The gods confound... The Athenians both within and out that wall. Shak.
They trusted in thee and were not confounded. Ps. xxii. 5.
So spake the Son of God, and Satan stood A while as mute, confounded what to say. Milton.
4. To destroy; to ruin; to waste. [Obs.]
One man's lust these many lives confounds. Shak.
How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour Shak.
Syn. -- To abash; confuse; baffle; dismay; astonish; defeat; terrify; mix; blend; intermingle. See Abash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
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