Synonyms for confounded
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kon-foun-did, kuh n- |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɒnˈfaʊn dɪd, kən- |
Définition of confounded
Origin :- as an intensive execration, "odious, detestable, damned," 1650s, from past participle of confound, in its older English sense of "overthrow utterly."
- adj confused
- All the courtiers were amazed and confounded, and Sir Oliver the most of all.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mr Vladimir walked on, and the “confounded policeman” fell into step at his elbow.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But, half-way in, he stopped, confounded by an unforeseen difficulty.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- If it weren't for the confounded notion she's taken up against me, I'd like to know her.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- It all comes of that confounded habit of mine of wanting to be in love.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- Nowadays, when one strives to penetrate things one is confounded.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- It would be a confounded thing to be blown up by a train of my own laying.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- "You confounded little mischief-maker," cried the Prince in anger.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- And true thou sayest: for I have indeed a confounded parcel of it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Wentworth was so confounded with the woman's impudence that he could make no reply.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Antonyms for confounded
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