"confounded" meaning in English

See confounded in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈfaʊndɪd/ Forms: more confounded [comparative], most confounded [superlative]
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  1. confused, astonished Translations (confused): объркан (obǎrkan) (Bulgarian), смутен (smuten) (Bulgarian), confós [masculine] (Catalan), confondu [masculine] (French), verwechselt (German), durcheinander (German), verwirrt (German), konfundata (Ido), konfus (Norwegian), forvirret (Norwegian Bokmål), مبهوت (mabhut) (Persian), сбитый с толку (sbityj s tolku) (Russian), confundido (Spanish), förvirrad (Swedish), kafası karışmış (Turkish), şaşırmış (Turkish)
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  2. defeated, thwarted Translations (defeated): confós [masculine] (Catalan), besiegt (German), überwunden (German), confundido (Spanish)
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  3. damned, accursed, bloody Translations (damned): verdammt (German), verflucht (German), condenado (Spanish), maldito (Spanish), execrable (Spanish), desgraciado (Spanish), odioso (Spanish), detestable (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: confoundedly, confoundedness, unconfounded

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfaʊndɪd/
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  1. simple past and past participle of confound Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: confound
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "confused",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "сбитый с толку"
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