confounded

About 1.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of confound
2. adjective Confused, astonished.
3. adjective Defeated, thwarted.
4. adjective Extremely bad; very unpleasant; used as an intensifier.

   The confounded thing doesn't work.

Similar words

befuddled perplexed bewildered baffled confused bemused mixed-up mazed lost at sea

Often followed by

with by the in and at together his them

Word family

confoundedly