confounded (verb)

  • 41equipoise — 1. noun /ˈɛkwɪpɔɪz/ a) A state of balance; equilibrium. Government was unnerved, confounded, and in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone. b) A counterbalance. “An easy evasion”, retorted the excited bride, who had lost her mental… …

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  • 42pigging — 1. adjective Damned (used as a mild intensive). I cant get this pigging computer to work. Syn: blasted, blooming, confounded, damned 2. noun …

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  • 43Assay — An assay is an analysis done to determine: {{}}The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance. Thus, an assay may be done for example to determine the level of thyroid hormones in the blood of a person suspected of being hypothyroid …

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  • 44California Proposition 8 — Proposition 8 redirects here. For other uses, see Proposition 8 (disambiguation). Proposition 8 Eliminates Rights of Same Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Am …

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  • 45bloody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gory, sanguinary, bleeding; red. See killing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing blood] Syn. bleeding, bloodstained, blood spattered, gory, gaping, unstaunched, grisly, crimson, open, wounded,… …

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  • 46confuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. perplex, confound, disconcert; embroil, muddle; abash, embarrass. See disorder, humility, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. puzzle, perplex, bewilder, confound, nonplus, disconcert, abash …

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  • 47damn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See condemnation, disapprobation, imprecation. Ant., bless, praise. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To consign to hell] Syn. curse, accurse, confound, ban, doom, anathematize, proscribe, banish, read out of …

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  • 48wonder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surprise or admiration or its cause Nouns 1. wonder, wonderment, marvel, miracle, miraculousness, astonishment, amazement, bewilderment; amazedness, admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; fascination;… …

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  • 49confound — /kənˈfaʊnd / (say kuhn fownd) verb (t) 1. to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated: *the convicts, if pressed too hard, would raise a sort of bestial boo hoo, in which all voices were confounded –marcus clarke, 1874. 2 …

  • 50confuse — /kənˈfjuz / (say kuhn fyoohz) verb (t) (confused, confusing) 1. to combine without order or clearness; jumble; render indistinct. 2. to throw into disorder. 3. to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound: to confuse dates. 4.… …