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1. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
   "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"
   - baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea

1. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
   "These questions confound even the experts"
   - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, discombobulate
    
2. Mistake one thing for another
   - confuse

See also: confoundedly, perplexed

Type of: be, misidentify, mistake

Encyclopedia: Confound