discombobulate

discombobulate
Synonyms and related words:
addle, addle the wits, agitate, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distract, disturb, electrify, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, jar, jolt, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mull, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, rock, ruffle, shake, shake up, shock, stagger, stir, throw into confusion, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset

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  • discombobulate — v. to cause to be confused; confuse emotionally. Syn: confuse, flurry, consternate, disconcert, put off, bewilder, bemuse, throw. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discombobulate — 1834, Amer.Eng., fanciful coinage of a type popular then (originally discombobricate). Related: discombobulating; discombobulation …   Etymology dictionary

  • discombobulate — ☆ discombobulate [dis΄kem bäb′yə lāt΄ ] vt. discombobulated, discombobulating [whimsical alteration and extension, prob. of DISCOMFIT] Informal to upset the composure of; disconcert discombobulation n …   English World dictionary

  • discombobulate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: probably alteration of discompose Date: circa 1916 upset, confuse < inventing cool new ways to discombobulate the old order Kurt Andersen > • discombobulation noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • discombobulate — [diskam”babjalet] tv. to confuse or perplex someone. □ That kind of discussion discombobulates me something awful. □ Don’t let the heat of the argument discombobulate you …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Discombobulate — …   Wikipedia

  • discombobulate — discombobulation, n. /dis keuhm bob yeuh layt /, v.t., discombobulated, discombobulating. to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers. [1825 35, Amer.; fanciful alter. of DISCOMPOSE or… …   Universalium

  • discombobulate — verb /ˌdɪs.kəmˈbɒb.jəˌleɪt/ To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex …   Wiktionary

  • Discombobulate — upset, confuse (a person) (mock Latin formation, from discompose or discomfort ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • discombobulate — Australian Slang upset, confuse (a person) (mock Latin formation, from discompose or discomfort ) …   English dialects glossary

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