Discombobulate Definition

dĭskəm-bŏbyə-lāt
discombobulated, discombobulates, discombobulating
verb
discombobulated, discombobulates, discombobulating
To upset the composure of; disconcert.
Webster's New World
To throw into a state of confusion.
American Heritage

(humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

Wiktionary

Origin of Discombobulate

  • 1834 US, fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of discompose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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