compounded
Saykuhm-POWN-did/kəmˈpaʊndɪd/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of compound. Use this form for something that already happened.
Her money troubles were compounded by a sudden job loss.
The chemist compounded the medicine from several ingredients.
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- 2Made of several parts that combine and work together as one.
Like a smoothie made by blending many fruits into one drink.
This compounded drink mixes juice, tea, and honey together.
The compounded design joined many small parts into one whole.
Similarcomposite, combined, complex, multifaceted
Oppositesimple
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compounded is a form of compound
compound, verb: To make a bad situation even worse. Full entry
- Forms
- compoundcompounds he/she/itcompounding -ing formcompounded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- compound → compounded: add -ed
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