confounded

• صفة قديمة أو قديمة الطراز تُستعمل للتعبير عن الضيق أو الارتباك، وغالبًا ما تكون بمثابة شتيمة خفيفة.

An archaic or old-fashioned adjective used to express annoyance or confusion, often as a mild expletive.

1. Confused or bewilderedB2formal

   Feeling or showing confusion and surprise.

   مُرْتَبِك

   • She looked confounded by the complex instructions.
   • The scientist was confounded by the unexpected results.
   • He stood there, confounded, unable to answer the question.

   المرادفاتbaffledbemusedbewilderedconfuseddumbfoundedmystifiednonplussedperplexedpuzzled

   الأضدادcalmclearheadedcollectedcomposedknowingorientedunconfusedunderstandingunperturbeduntroubled

2. Used as a mild expletiveC1informalbritish

   Used to express annoyance or irritation, often in a humorous or old-fashioned way.

   اللعنة

   • Where is that confounded key?
   • This confounded machine keeps breaking down.
   • I can't find my confounded glasses anywhere.

   المرادفاتaccursedblastedcursedcussedinfernalpeskywretched

• فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على إحداث الحيرة أو الارتباك أو الدهشة، أو لإثبات خطأ شيء ما ودحضه.

A verb used to indicate the act of causing surprise, confusion, or bewilderment, or to prove something wrong.

1. Confuse or bewilderC1formal

   To cause someone to become confused or unable to understand something.

   يُربك ويحيّر

   • The complex instructions confounded the new employees.
   • His strange behavior confounded everyone at the party.
   • The magician's trick confounded the audience completely.

   المرادفاتbafflebemusebewilderconfusedumbfoundflummoxmystifynonplusperplexpuzzle

   الأضدادclarifyeducateenlightenexplainilluminate

2. Mix up or confuseC1formal

   To mistakenly treat one thing as another; to fail to distinguish between things.

   الخلط بين الأشياء

   • He confounded the two similar-looking twins.
   • The witness confounded the dates of the events.
   • Don't confound correlation with causation.

   المرادفاتconflateconfusemistakemix upmuddle

   الأضدادdifferentiatediscerndistinguishseparate

3. Defeat or frustrateC2formal

   To prove a plan or expectation wrong; to thwart.

   إحباط الخطة أو التوقع

   • The unexpected outcome confounded all predictions.
   • The team's strategy confounded their opponents.
   • The new evidence confounded the prosecution's case.

   المرادفاتbafflebalkcounteractdefeatfoilfrustrateimpedethwart

   الأضدادadvanceaidassistfacilitatefurtherhelppromotesupport