DISCOMBOBULATE

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be confused emotionally

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; 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

Derivation:

discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw

Context example:

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))

Verb group:

confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)

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

Derivation:

discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)