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Confounded vs Betwattled - What's the difference?

confounded | betwattled |

As verbs the difference between confounded and betwattled

is that confounded is past tense of confound while betwattled is past tense of betwattle.

As adjectives the difference between confounded and betwattled

is that confounded is confused; thwarted while betwattled is surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.

confounded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confound)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Confused; thwarted.

    • Derived terms

    * confoundedly

    betwattled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) surprised, confounded, befuddled, to be in a distressed state of mind.
  • * 2007 , Eloise McGraw, The Moorchild , page 39:
    • But everybody—except Anwara, who was plainly betwattled —admitted the child was strange.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (betwattle)

    • References

    * A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English, John S. Farmer and W. E. Henly, 1905. Betwaddled. Retrieved from archive.org * Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire, Williams and Jones, 1873. Betwaddled. Retrieved online.