American English pronunciation
How to pronounce confounding
IPA transcription: [kən'faʊndɪŋ]
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Verb
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mistake one thing for another
“you are confusing me with the other candidate”
“I mistook her for the secretary”
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be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
“These questions confuse even the experts”
“This question completely threw me”
“This question befuddled even the teacher”
Adjective
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that confounds or contradicts or confuses
Usage examples
- Twins are known to be confounding.
- Twins are known to be confounding.
- Twins are known to be confounding.
- Twins are known to be confounding.
- Twins are known to be confounding.
- This potentially confounding source of facial symmetry is not explored in the literature.