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as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
that confounded dog chewed up my shoe
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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
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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
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as in confused
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
his renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead
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as in conflated
to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
I think you've confounded astrology with astronomy
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“Confounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confounded. Accessed 3 Feb. 2023.
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