how to pronounce confounded

/kənˈfaʊndɪd/

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confounded is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of confounded in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… particularly confounded by the fact that …”

meanings of confounded

adjective:

Confused, astonished.
Damned, accursed, bloody.
Defeated, thwarted.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of confound.

confounded frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word confounded occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics confounded can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that confounded can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;