Definition of confounded | Bee Dictionary of English

v be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
v mistake one thing for another
s perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
a cloudy and confounded philosopher

In Arizona, An Unlikely Ally For Medicaid Expansion
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, one of President Obama's staunchest critics, has confounded conservatives in her own party by pushing for an extension of Medicaid coverage in the state.
June 12, 2013 - NPR
North football hits ground running
By: Brian Paglia Jason Galt will admit the first time he saw the Double Wing offense almost 10 years ago he was confounded. Here was this offense pulled out of a black and white movie, all tosses and misdirections and run, run, run. The first-year North Forsyth football coach knew exactly the bewilderment his assistant coaches must have felt during spring practice this past May when they saw it ...
June 7, 2013 - Forsyth County News
PR nightmare looms for Rutgers and Hermann
Rutgers University athletic director Julie Hermann used about 13 minutes and 30 seconds of the allotted 15 minutes the Rutgers spin doctors said she would devote on Wednesday to addressing the concerns of a university community that has been confounded by her hiring and deeply agitated by the process that...
June 7, 2013 - New York Post

Rhodri Morgan in ic Wales
Rhodri Morgan said they had "confounded the doom-mongers".
Daniel Anderson in Sportinglife.com
Matt Gidley said he didn't think his quad was as big as Keiron's tear,said coach Daniel Anderson. "He's confounded the medical staff here and even the gentleman at Liverpool who did the ultrasound said he had never seen a tear that size...
Adam Savage in San Jose Mercury News
We say we'll run out of ideas when people ever stop believing stupid things,Savage says. "We just finished one that has confounded us our entire careers."

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