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discombobulate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| Type of | upset, disconcert, untune, discomfit, discompose |
| Derivation | discombobulation |
discombobulate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
| Type of | be |
| Has types | baffle, beat, bewilder, vex, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, amaze, demoralize, disorient, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get |
| Verb group | confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off |
| Derivation | discombobulation |
Examples of discombobulate
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The long, hand-held camera shots would discombobulate viewers, some executives feared.
From the latimes.com
While it could discombobulate MU, certain aspects of it may be favorable.
From the stltoday.com
Tony Abbott's bill for a plebiscite on the carbon tax is a tactic to discombobulate Labor.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Two, it threatens to discombobulate the Cowboys.
From the washingtonpost.com
To further discombobulate yourself, consider the so-called Ellsberg paradox, named after Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame.
From the abcnews.go.com
The effect of this role reversal has been to discombobulate money markets everywhere, and last week the turmoil intensified.
From the time.com
With a glossy grin, a dry wit and bags of affable Irish-American charm, Barclays'chief executive, Bob Diamond, is a difficult man to discombobulate.
From the guardian.co.uk
The biggest key for the Bears could be avoiding false-start penalties that put them in early passing downs and discombobulate the offense.
From the suntimes.com
Putting the dis in discombobulate, they began their day with three missed shots and two turnovers and allowed Houston to score the game's first nine points.
From the ocregister.com
- Bewilder: cause to be confused emotionally
- Confuse: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- (discombobulated) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw
- (discombobulation) confusion: a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex
