discombobulate

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1834 US, fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate. Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɪs.kəmˈbɒb.jəˌleɪt/

Verb

discombobulate (discombobulates, present participle discombobulating; past and past participle discombobulated)

1. (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

Antonyms

• combobulate
• recombobulate

Translations

• French: décontenancer, déconfire, déconcerter
• German: verwirren
• Italian: scombussolare
• Russian: сбить с толку
• Spanish: desconcertar, confundir

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