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discombobulate
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verb
- informal.tr to throw into confusion
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å¾±²õ·³¦´Ç³¾Â·²ú´Ç²ú·³Ü·±ô²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [dis-k, uh, m-bob-y, uh, -, ley, -sh, uh, n], noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of discombobulate1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of discombobulate1
Example Sentences
That is far from a lonely ignorance, but no less discombobulating.
This time, chart-topping albums and touring aren’t the discombobulating affair they were nearly 30 years ago, when their second album, “Dude Ranch,†went gold.
In the words of my late mother, I am discombobulated.
Tariff tumult has discombobulated them only because they didn’t take Trump seriously when he fantasized at campaign rally after rally about “tariffing†the heck out of foreign imports.
I have added “discombobulated†to that ongoing list and type of guide to the long Trumpocene.
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Where does discombobulate come from?
Discombobulate, meaning “to confuse, frustrate,†sounds like something straight out of a cartoon. It was first recorded in the form discomboberate in the early 1800s, and apparently originated as a humorous imitation of hifalutin-sounding Latin words. We can also detect the influence of words with similar senses like discomfit or discompose in it.
Many more amusing Americanisms await in our slideshow “These Wacky ˜yÐÄvlogs Originated In The USA.â€
Did you know … ?
Discombobulate has some shorter (but arguably less-fun-to-say) synonyms in , , and .
Straighten all this discombobulation out with more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. Try the word , for starters.
Discombobulate also has some notable pop culture connections. The score of the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes features a track entitled “Discombobulate,†composed by Hans Zimmer. That title takes its name from a line spoken by the title character during a memorable boxing match, which spawned a meme known as Discombobulate.
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