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verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
Related forms
dis·com·bob·u·la·tion, noun
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Discombobulate
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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Word Origin & History
discombobulate
1834, Amer.Eng., fanciful coinage of a type popular then (originally discombobricate). Related: discombobulating; discombobulation.
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Slang Dictionary
discombobulate definition[dɪskəmˈbɑbjəlet]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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