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confounded

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con·found·ed  (kn-foundd, kn-)
adj.
1. Confused; befuddled: A crowd of confounded bystanders stared at the appalling wreckage.
2. Used as an intensive: a confounded fool.
con·founded·ly adv.
con·founded·ness n.
confounded [kənˈfaʊndɪd]
adj
1. bewildered; confused
2. (prenominal) Informal execrable; damned
confoundedly  adv
confoundedness  n
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Adj.1.confounded - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statementsconfounded - 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"
at sea, baffled, bewildered, confused, mazed, mixed-up, befuddled, bemused, lost
perplexed - full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment; "perplexed language"; "perplexed state of the world"
Translations
confounded [kənˈfaʊndɪd] ADJ → condenado, maldito(archaic)
confounded [kənˈfaʊndɪd] adj (= dratted) → maudit(e) >, sacré(e) > before n
confounded
adj (inf) → vermaledeit (dated inf), → verflixt (inf); cheek also → verflucht (inf); noise also → Heiden- (inf); nuisance → elend (inf)
confounded [kənˈfaʊndɪd] adj → maledetto/a
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