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- Dictionarydiscombobulated/ˌdɪskəmˈbɒbjʊleɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. confused and disconcerted: humorous "he is looking a little pained and discombobulated"
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DISCOMBOBULATE definition: 1. to confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable 2. to confuse someone or make someone feel…. Learn more.
DISCOMBOBULATION definition: 1. the fact of being made to feel confused or uncomfortable by something: 2. the fact of being…. Learn more.
: characterized by confusion or disorder. He was discombobulated, utterly confused as to what had happened. Michael Hall. But you've also probably noticed that oversleeping can make you feel discombobulated … Christopher Bergland. Detroit's offensive line was a discombobulated mess of failing health and poor performance last year … Nate Atkins.
to cause to be in a state of confusion : upset, disorient… See the full definition
Discombobulate definition: to confuse or disconcert; confound; bewilder. See examples of DISCOMBOBULATE used in a sentence.
Discombobulated definition: confused, disconcerted, or upset. See examples of DISCOMBOBULATED used in a sentence.
Discombobulate is a fun, fancy word for “confuse.” If something has put you in a state where you don't know up from down and you can't spell your own name, you may be discombobulated.
noun. Word origin. whimsical alteration and extension, prob. of discomfit. Word Frequency. discombobulate in American English. (ˌdɪskəmˈbɑbjəˌleit) transitive verb Word forms: -lated, -lating. to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate. The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
If you're discombobulated, you're confused or thrown off-kilter. A discombobulated soccer player might run the wrong way down the field and kick the ball into her own team's goal.
discombobulate somebody to confuse somebody and make them slightly anxious. You can discombobulate a cat just by rearranging the furniture. Definition of discombobulate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
