[
UK
/dɪskəmbˈɒbjʊlˌeɪt/
]
[ 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
- The shark is circling Farnsworth, you of the bandy legs and discombobulated dance maneuverings.
- Out on the road, the Juke is a strange sprite of a trucklet: diminutive, determined, loud, eager, winsome, but — given its dinky wheelbase, stiff antiroll bars, dearth of wheel travel and oddly discombobulated roll axes and center of gravity — also a trifle uncoordinated. Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose
- Variety's the spice of life, but jumping from one thing to another this week will completely discombobulate you and everyone else.
- The term comes from "discombobulate," which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
- We have been discombobulated by immigration, says David Cameron. Hideously diverse Britain: David Cameron's problem with immigration
- Fitzpatrick, filling in for the injured Carson Palmer for the seventh straight game, got so discombobulated that the ball sailed out of his hand as he tried to make one throw. USATODAY.com
- The mother is not the only one who has become discombobulated.
- Perhaps these inconstancies are part of the book's Art - an attempt to discombobulate the audience with extreme contradictions just as the characters live in a state of perpetual untruth and obfuscation.
- The mysterious void discombobulated the men still on the field, who had never seen as such before.
- Andy was puzzled by how discombobulated I was on the phone, and I was too flummoxed to say anything until she'd left.