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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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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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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Your diet beverage is full of a slew of perplexing sugar substitutes, but the regular version has too much sugar to justify drinking it.Andrew Watman, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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These questions have seemed both urgent and perplexing, not only to Ramos but to many others as well; whether Trump will repeat or exceed his performance with Latinos is one of the main unknowns that could determine the outcome of the election.Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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The little information the police did reveal was often confusing, baffling, even contradictory.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Walker’s campaign, however, was plagued by controversies and baffling and false statements.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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Erik Olsen, Republican Olsen is a Madison Republican challenging Pocan in the safely Democratic district for the second consecutive cycle.Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
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Supply chains are challenging to navigate.Jim Pursley, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Even just one single vote elicits the most puzzling look on the guy’s face… and a sweet, sweet smile on Sol’s.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 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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Competitors: Emerson Electric , RTX , 3M Weight in portfolio: 3.14% Most recent buy: April 10, 2024 Initiated: July 5, 2020 Honeywell has proven to be a frustrating holding.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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For Dennings, one of the most frustrating things is how little migraines are discussed.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 2024
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Danilo’s performances in the last three games have been bewildering, seemingly making more mistakes in those 270 minutes than he’s done in the previous five years.Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The exhibition's geographical reach is truly bewildering, said Alastair Sooke in The Telegraph.The Week UK, theweek, 4 Oct. 2024
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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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“Confounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confounding. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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