- present participle of confound.
confounding
Example Sentences
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Because Golding’s account of his death was so deliberately confounding, I wasn’t sure what happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Donald Trump trades stocks at a confounding rate, Everlane is reportedly sold to Shein, and online media is succumbing to bots.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
Eli An analyst noted thin details and potential confounding factors.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Among the many contentious strongmen who have popped up worldwide in the first decades of the 21st century, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is the most confounding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
My willingness to eat confused and annoyed the staff, confounding their efforts to understand what I was doing there.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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