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confounded

adjective con·found·ed \kən-ˈfau̇n-dəd, (ˌ)kän-ˈ, ˈkän-ˌ\

: very bad or annoying

Full Definition of CONFOUNDED

1

: confused, perplexed

2

: damned

— con·found·ed·ly adverb

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First Known Use of CONFOUNDED

14th century

Related to CONFOUNDED

Synonyms: accursed (or accurst), blasted, damnable, cotton-picking, cursed (also curst), cussed, dang, danged, darn (also durn), darned (also durned), deuced, doggone (or doggoned), freaking, goddamned (or goddamn or goddam), infernal

Antonyms: clearheaded, unconfused

Rhymes with CONFOUNDED

unbounded, unfounded, well-founded, well-grounded, well-rounded

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