Confoundment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Confoundment is a noun meaning (uncountable) The state of being confounded.
Meaning
(uncountable) The state of being confounded.
More Meanings
- (countable) Something which is or has been confounded.
Example Sentences
Peter stood on the bow in the powerful headwinds gazing that way with an inexpressible sense of amazement and expectation, full of confoundment that in that direction, to which they slowly pushed, there could be no warm light and comfort and no friend, only the North, the far White North as ruthless and indifferent as the ocean’s own overlowering night.
Word Forms
- confoundments
Synonyms for confoundment
Depending on context, synonyms include confoundation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include confounding, confounder, confound, confustication, confusion, confusement.
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