confounded

• 过时或老式的形容词，用于表达恼怒或困惑，常作为温和的咒骂语。

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.

   困惑的

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

   同义词baffledbemusedbewilderedconfuseddumbfoundedmystifiednonplussedperplexedpuzzled

   反义词calmclearheadedcollectedcomposedknowingorientedunconfusedunderstandingunperturbeduntroubled

2. Used as a mild expletiveC1informalbritish

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

   该死的

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

   同义词accursedblastedcursedcussedinfernalpeskywretched

• 动词，表示使人感到惊讶、困惑或迷惑，或者证明某事是错误的。

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.

   使困惑

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

   同义词bafflebemusebewilderconfusedumbfoundflummoxmystifynonplusperplexpuzzle

   反义词clarifyeducateenlightenexplainilluminate

2. Mix up or confuseC1formal

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

   混淆

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

   同义词conflateconfusemistakemix upmuddle

   反义词differentiatediscerndistinguishseparate

3. Defeat or frustrateC2formal

   To prove a plan or expectation wrong; to thwart.

   挫败

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

   同义词bafflebalkcounteractdefeatfoilfrustrateimpedethwart

   反义词advanceaidassistfacilitatefurtherhelppromotesupport