as in perplexing
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
we were confounded by the player's remote control, which wasn't at all user-friendly
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as in embarrassing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
his renewed popularity has confounded the critics who said his singing career was dead
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as in confusing
to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related
I think you've confounded astrology with astronomy
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as in refuting
to prove to be false
new discoveries that confound much of what archaeologists thought they knew about the Mayan civilization
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Recent Examples of confounding
Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
For Murakami’s millions of readers, this confounding premise will sound familiar, even exciting, especially because the new book shares many elements with his first major novel, the confidently weird and exciting Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Sacked 18 times this year, six came in the 49ers’ Week 2 loss at Minnesota, where the Vikings deployed a confounding defensive scheme.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Ahead, revisit some of the most memorable (and confounding) ‘90s snacks and 2000s snacks.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
Hurricane Otis, which made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, last year as a Category 5, intensified from a tropical storm in a single day, confounding forecasters and leaving residents very little time to prepare for a direct hit of that magnitude.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Like Disco Elysium, there is a peculiarity to Phoenix Springs whose world is inspired by our own, features many of the same objects and similar kinds of locations, yet diverges in enough unsettling ways to feel deeply confounding.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
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The introduction of a new class of Amazon’s own AI models could, on the surface, be confounding since the company has already invested $8 billion into Anthropic, maker of the popular Claude family of gen AI models.
—Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
For Murakami’s millions of readers, this confounding premise will sound familiar, even exciting, especially because the new book shares many elements with his first major novel, the confidently weird and exciting Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Sacked 18 times this year, six came in the 49ers’ Week 2 loss at Minnesota, where the Vikings deployed a confounding defensive scheme.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Ahead, revisit some of the most memorable (and confounding) ‘90s snacks and 2000s snacks.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024
Hurricane Otis, which made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, last year as a Category 5, intensified from a tropical storm in a single day, confounding forecasters and leaving residents very little time to prepare for a direct hit of that magnitude.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
Like Disco Elysium, there is a peculiarity to Phoenix Springs whose world is inspired by our own, features many of the same objects and similar kinds of locations, yet diverges in enough unsettling ways to feel deeply confounding.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confounding
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The most perplexing and concerning part of it all: TomoBoost still appears to be accepting new customers, charging prices ranging from $8.33 a month to $129.99 a month, depending on the tier of service and whether you’re billed monthly or annually.Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Hunting History dives into some of American history’s greatest and most perplexing mysteries through a new lens.Peter White, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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The foodie feud between Ina Garten and Martha Stewart continues on, with the former refuting Stewart’s story about their falling out.Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Hours after the report, the Bloomington Police Department issued a statement refuting the bombshell claim.KC Baker, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Every office is a microcosm of personalities, making the quest for the perfect gifts for coworkers exciting and baffling.Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Since the baffling refusal was discovered, users have been trying to find ways to get the chatbot to say the name or explain who the mystery man is.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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That these three stars are out of contract this summer, while Liverpool are having one of their best-ever starts to a season, is puzzling for most Liverpool fans.Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Three weeks after a Hawaii woman vanished in Los Angeles, her family is vowing to continue the search into the puzzling disappearance amid unsettling text messages.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Gracefully opting out Navigating the discomfort of setting boundaries around gift-giving traditions can be challenging.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Members of a county rescue team and regional task force joined the Coast Guard in its search for the missing hiker over the weekend, but their efforts were temporarily stalled by challenging weather that grounded the flight crew.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Russia was becoming more closed, and this was disconcerting for a generation that had grown up in a modernized and relatively open society.Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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Calculations on how many homeowners are at risk and how many are covered vary, but all are disconcerting.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Prediction: Bengals 37, Cowboys 30 Matt Levine: The Bengals have been one of the more frustrating teams this season.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Eagles know their offense can’t devolve into a frustrating mess for a second straight season.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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His narrow victory over Lee was bewildering: in the recent history of South Korea, prosecutors were, like the military and the police, tools of dictatorship.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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For Harris’s oldest friends from the Bay Area, who supported her campaigns for San Francisco District Attorney, state Attorney General, U.S. Senator and Vice President, the possibility of a Trump win was bewildering.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Confounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confounding. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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