Synonyms of confounded

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adjective

kən-ˈfau̇n-dəd 

1

as in cursed

deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure

that confounded dog chewed up my shoe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cursed
• freaking
• blasted
• terrible
• awful
• accursed
• rotten
• damnable
• infernal
• wretched
• cussed
• darned
• darn
• dang
• pitiful
• deuced
• danged
• doggoned
• curst
• durned
• accurst
• doggone
• detestable
• durn
• sorry
• nasty
• atrocious
• miserable
• odious
• abominable
• execrable
• lousy
• bum
• vile
• shameful
• contemptible
• pitiable
• punk
• despicable
• scurvy
• scabby
• scummy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• commendable
• creditable
• wonderful
• great
• laudable
• marvelous
• praiseworthy
• marvellous

2

as in perplexed

faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do

the sudden burden of familial responsibility has left him anxious and confounded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perplexed
• baffled
• bewildered
• embarrassed
• nonplused
• confused
• at a loss
• nonplussed
• put to it
• hard put
• flustered
• hard-pressed
• disconcerted
• fazed
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undaunted
• composed
• unfazed
• untroubled

3

as in bewildered

suffering from mental confusion

since their house is old and impressive-looking, they are frequently imposed upon by confounded tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bewildered
• confused
• dazed
• stunned
• distracted
• dizzy
• bemused
• befuddled
• silly
• out of it
• bedeviled
• stupefied
• spaced
• muddleheaded
• fogged
• mixed-up
• at sea
• raddled
• addled
• befogged
• dopey
• punch-drunk
• shell-shocked
• pixilated
• dopy
• punchy
• slaphappy
• addle
• spacey
• unconscious
• pixillated
• muzzy
• bushed
• zonked-out
• zonked
• addlepated
• spacy
• spaced-out
• senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conscious
• alert
• clearheaded

confounded

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verb

past tense of confound

1

as in baffled

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

we were confounded by the player's remote control, which wasn't at all user-friendly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baffled
• puzzled
• perplexed
• bewildered
• confused
• vexed
• befuddled
• mystified
• flummoxed
• stunned
• embarrassed
• disturbed
• rattled
• disoriented
• bamboozled
• bemused
• muddled
• discombobulated
• flustered
• bothered
• posed
• fuddled
• muddied
• addled
• upset
• mazed
• foxed
• befogged
• buffaloed
• vext
• gravelled
• graveled
• got
• unsettled
• beat
• disconcerted
• stumped
• nonplussed
• discomfited
• stuck
• mortified
• nonplused
• blew one's mind
• dismayed
• distressed
• agitated
• perturbed
• abashed
• disquieted
• went to one's head
• weirded out
• chagrined
• fazed
• misled
• discomforted
• discountenanced
• deceived
• discomposed
• deluded
• unhinged
• fooled
• beguiled
• misguided
• tricked
• duped
• hoodwinked
• humbugged
• cozened
• strung along
• gulled
• snowed
• hoaxed
• took in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• satisfied
• assured
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened

2

as in embarrassed

to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

his renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• embarrassed
• confused
• flustered
• rattled
• disconcerted
• nonplussed
• disturbed
• mortified
• bothered
• upset
• nonplused
• unsettled
• abashed
• discomfited
• fazed
• humiliated
• perturbed
• dismayed
• distressed
• discountenanced
• disquieted
• chagrined
• agitated
• unhinged
• humbled
• discomforted
• shamed
• put off
• discomposed
• degraded
• debased
• demeaned
• put out
• queered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relieved
• comforted
• calmed
• consoled
• soothed
• encouraged
• cheered
• assured
• reassured
• emboldened
• buoyed
• heartened

3

as in confused

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

I think you've confounded astrology with astronomy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• conflated
• mistook
• mixed (up)
• misapplied
• lumped (together)
• misidentified
• miscalled
• misnamed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separated
• distinguished
• differentiated
• discriminated
• differenced

4

as in refuted

to prove to be false

new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuted
• challenged
• overturned
• discredited
• disproved
• rebutted
• confuted
• falsified
• belied
• discussed
• questioned
• shot down
• debunked
• disconfirmed
• doubted
• contested
• mistrusted
• overthrew
• debated
• gave the lie to
• queried
• mooted
• talked over
• hashed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• confirmed
• showed
• verified
• recorded
• validated
• supported
• evidenced
• documented
• witnessed
• identified
• evinced
• backed (up)
• demonstrated
• manifested
• corroborated
• displayed
• certified
• illustrated
• attested
• buttressed
• adduced
• substantiated
• authenticated

Examples of confounded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The displeasure of it gave way to absurdity, out of which emerged a mutual, confounded glee. —Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020

In Europe itself, Greece has so far confounded predictions by avoiding the kind of mass outbreaks that have claimed tens of thousands of lives in Italy, France, and Britain. —Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020

And with wild swings on Tuesday, the markets proved those predictions correct, a marker of how confounded investors appear as the covid-19 economic crisis takes a fuller form. —Jacob Bogage, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2020

The Germans are no less confounded than the Democrats. —Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019

Learn how to work the confounded thing at free Android smartphone workshops being held in South Florida, sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons. —Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Mar. 2018

For decades, recovery stories like this confounded researchers, who characterized autism as a lifelong condition. —Brendan Borrell, Slate Magazine, 22 Sep. 2017