DISCOMBOBULATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does discombobulate mean?
• DISCOMBOBULATE (verb)
The verb DISCOMBOBULATE has 2 senses:
1. cause to be confused emotionally
2. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Familiarity information: DISCOMBOBULATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCOMBOBULATE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be confused emotionally
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
bemuse; discombobulate; bewilder; throw
Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will discombobulate him
The good news will discombobulate her
Meaning:
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
befuddle; confound; bedevil; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw
Context examples:
These questions confuse even the experts / This question completely threw me / This question befuddled even the teacher
Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "discombobulate"):
demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)
amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)
disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
