Confounding
Confounding adjective - That confounds or contradicts or confuses.
Obscure and confounding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obscure" instead an adjective "Confounding".
Obscure
Obscure adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Usage example: a fantasy writer who likes to put lots of obscure references and images in her tales of wizards and warlocks
Confounding and obscure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confounding" instead an adjective "Obscure".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deep and confounding
- deep and obscure
- abstruse and confounding
- abstruse and obscure
- unfathomable and confounding
- unfathomable and obscure
- unclear and confounding
- unclear and obscure
- ambiguous and confounding
- ambiguous and obscure
- esoteric and confounding
- esoteric and obscure
- complicated and confounding
- complicated and obscure
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