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confounding
adjective as in astounding
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adjective as in confusing
adjective as in devious
adjective as in difficult
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- abstract
- abstruse
- baffling
- bewildering
- dark
- deep
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- entangled
- esoteric
- formidable
- hard to explain
- hard to solve
- hidden
- inexplicable
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- loose
- meandering
- mysterious
- mystical
- mystifying
- nice
- obscure
- obstinate
- paradoxical
- perplexing
- problematical
- profound
- puzzling
- rambling
- subtle
- tangled
- thorny
- ticklish
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- vexing
adjective as in marvelous
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adjective as in misleading
adjective as in striking
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noun as in confusion
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- abashing
- addling
- befuddling
- blurring
- cluttering
- disarranging
- discomfiting
- disturbing
- dumbfounding
- embarrassing
- embroiling
- mixup mystification
- obscuring
- perplexing
- stirring up
- tangling
- unsettling
- upsetting
noun as in misapprehension
noun as in misinterpretation
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noun as in misunderstanding
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Example Sentences
But it is unfounded fear by an American public at minimal risk of contracting the illness that is confounding those efforts.
But their action just proved another confounding piece of this negligent puzzle.
They were simply seen as easy, wealthy targets, confounding local conventions of the time.
One of the most confounding aspects of the process, these officials say, is why the State Department is seen as largely untouchéd.
Margaret Thatcher was a woman: a confounding, irrepressible, flirtatious, stubborn, certitudinous, unabashedly conservative woman.
This acute thinker seems to me to have fallen into a mistake by confounding land with labor.
Confounding realization then was that when Dale returned with her sister, Helen knew she would do the same thing over again!
Even experienced fishermen are capable of confounding the bull trout with its nobler brother of the streams.
To my utter confounding, Jason threw himself on the floor, kicking and beating it violently and letting out terrific yells.
Second, the people rejoice, and their pious faith seems to tend to the glory of God and the confounding of his enemies.
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On this page you'll find 400 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to confounding, such as: astonishing, breathtaking, eye-popping, mind-boggling, overwhelming, and shocking.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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