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discombobulate
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with Anu Garg

discombobulate

PRONUNCIATION:

(dis-kuhm-BOB-yuh-layt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To disconcert or confuse.

ETYMOLOGY:

Probably from fanciful alteration of discompose or discomfit.

USAGE:

"I don't think we should be messing with time. I have trouble adjusting. You're not alone. Some people claim they are really discombobulated by the time change."
The Bluffer's Guide: Times Changes; The Gazette (Montreal, Canada); Oct 2, 2008.

See more usage examples of discombobulate in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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