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UK
/dɪskəmbˈɒbjʊlˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˌdɪskəmˈbɔbjuɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪskəmˈbɔbjuɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
These questions confuse even the experts
This question befuddled even the teacher
This question completely threw me - cause to be confused emotionally
How To Use discombobulate In A Sentence
- Guess it would have been OK if the discombobulated old drunk had skittled some kid on a zebra crossing.
- Camara joked that he did not know what the word "discombobulate" meant. NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Tennessee vs. Kentucky
- This week, we got the clue about the French Protestants of the Reformed Tradition, and the one about St Paul's Letter to the Galatians, but got hopelessly stuck on the clue that simply said "discombobulated". Archive 2008-02-01
- The spokesman was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- Running off to the race track -- on their wedding day, no less -- is sure to discombobulate him. Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Nixon In China!" Olympia Dukakis On A Milkcart! Bloody Ethan Hawke! More!
- Being around him discombobulates her to no end.
- The term comes from "discombobulate," which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
- 'discombobulate' into separate conversations with each of the other celebrities without them suspecting that she was up to something. All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
- The term comes from "discombobulate", which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google. Muti
