Confounding
Confounding adjective - That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
Esoteric and confounding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Esoteric" instead an adjective "Confounding".
Esoteric
Esoteric adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers
Confounding and esoteric are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confounding" instead an adjective "Esoteric".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- complex and confounding
- complex and esoteric
- deep and confounding
- deep and esoteric
- difficult and confounding
- difficult and esoteric
- abstruse and confounding
- abstruse and esoteric
- unfathomable and confounding
- unfathomable and esoteric
- obscure and confounding
- obscure and esoteric
- unclear and confounding
- unclear and esoteric
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