dis·com·bob·u·late

[dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-leyt]
verb (used with object), dis·com·bob·u·lat·ed, dis·com·bob·u·lat·ing.
to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; fanciful alteration of discompose or discomfort

Related forms
dis·com·bob·u·la·tion, noun
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discombobulate (ˌdɪskəmˈbɒbjʊˌleɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb
informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to throw into confusion
 
[C20: probably a whimsical alteration of discompose or discomfit]

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Word Origin & History

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

discombobulated
1834 (as discombobracated); see discombobulate.
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Slang Dictionary

discombobulate definition

[dɪskəmˈbɑbjəlet]
  1. tv.
    to confuse or perplex someone. : That kind of discussion discombobulates me something awful.
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discombobulated definition

[dɪskəmˈbɑbjəledəd] and [dɪskəmˈbubjəledəd]
and discomboobulated
  1. mod.
    confused. : I get completely discombobulated when I think of figures that big.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : From the way she is walking, I'd say she is discombobulated.
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Example sentences
But the zigzags left the markets discombobulated and uncertain.
The studio's executives seem a bit discombobulated by all the fuss.
But I'm a bit discombobulated by the latest development.
They've got me all discombobulated.
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