what does confunded mean?

Question

I was reading harry potter 6 and i rean across that word twice it wasnt in the dictonary so i am asuming that it is a harry potter term or britsh slang PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Answer 1

Causes confusion. A person who is affected by this Charm is said to be Confunded.

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Snape suggested that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were Confunded by Sirius Black into believing him innocent (PA21).
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The fake Moody used this charm to fool the Goblet of Fire into accepting Harry's name under a fourth school (GF17).
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Hermione used this on McLaggen during Keeper tryouts in her sixth year (HBP11).

The Confundus charm makes the subject confused. It is apparently fairly advanced magic and is cast silently.

Answer 2

Confundus Charm

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Ok well for the book, this is what i found it means:

Confundus Charm (Causes confusion. A person who is affected by this Charm is said to be Confunded) - "confundo" is Latin for "to perplex"

and then there's confounded: Confused; befuddled; perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Hope this helps ;)

Answer 5

The editor seemed to be confunded....it is apparently a typo of "confounded," which means either confused or damned. It is strange, however, that the anomaly appeared twice. it could also be con-funded, perhaps meaning an operation funded by criminal activity(?) Perhaps it is a coined word or British slang. The full sentences would help for context.

Answer 6

RE:
what does confunded mean?
I was reading harry potter 6 and i rean across that word twice it wasnt in the dictonary so i am asuming that it is a harry potter term or britsh slang PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Answer 7

Confunded- a person who is under the Confundus spell.

Answer 8

I think it's a made-up word although it must come from the Latin word confundo - to perplex. Not a normal word even in the UK!

Answer 9

think its off of the confundus spell.
a confusion spell.
so being confunded means they were under the spell.

Answer 10

fancy way of saying confused... im not sure..