Confounded (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's inconsistent stance on the issue left many voters confounded and unsure of how to cast their ballots.
- After listening to the complex explanation of the plot twist, I was left confounded and needed to rewatch the movie to understand it.
- The tourists looked confounded as they tried to decipher the cryptic instructions on the train station's signage.
- The detective was confounded by the contradicting eyewitness accounts and struggled to piece together the events of the crime.
- As I navigated the labyrinthine streets of the old city, I became increasingly confounded and frustrated with my lack of progress.