Associations to the word «Confounded»

Wiktionary

CONFOUNDED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of confound
CONFOUNDED, adjective. Confused; thwarted.

Dictionary definition

CONFOUNDED, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats