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confounded
Chris Liddell has confounded sceptics to make the GM float a resounding success.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Elsewhere, Democrats remain confounded by Republican encroachment on their turf.
From the stltoday.com
Luckily, once there, they confounded skeptics by favoring ringtones over riots.
From the time.com
The political hurdles are significant, and they have confounded his predecessors.
From the sacbee.com
Hall singled on a 0-2 pitch, breaking another one of those confounded maple bats.
From the jsonline.com
Developing a minor-league football league has confounded businessmen for years.
From the al.com
She manages to live in the world, while remaining confounded and horrified by it.
From the boston.com
This year's Republican race, so far, has time and again confounded predictions.
From the post-gazette.com
Bixby said confounded clients have been calling and e-mailing him with questions.
From the bostonherald.com
- Baffled: 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"
- (confoundedly) perplexedly: in a perplexed manner; "he looked at his professor perplexedly"
- (confound) confuse: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- (confound) confuse: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
- (confounding) that confounds or contradicts or confuses
- (Confounder) In statistics, a confounding variable (also confounding factor, lurking variable, a confound, or confounder) is an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable. ...
- Confused; thwarted
- (confoundedness) The state or quality of being confounded
- (confound) To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle; To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong; To make something worse; To cause to be ashamed; to abash; To defeat; To damn; To frustrate, to thwart; To bring to ruination
