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2021-04-26 12:04
Discombobulate American Canada informal verb
The verb "discombobulate" is used to describe an action when making someone confused. The verb "discombobulate" is always followed by an object.
Make somebody feel uncomfortable and confused
Anna was fully discombobulated by the hard questions of the teacher.
His unexpected arrival discombobulates us a lot.
The magician made the ball disappear, which discombobulated all the children in the studio.
To feel devastated because of a minor problem or accident
To intentionally and spitefully insult or show disrespect for someone
Used to say that a dead person would be very angry or upset about something that someone has done
To make someone feel angry or upset
To make one feel extremely upset, hurt or offended
The verb "discombobulate" should be conjugated according to its tense.
When it first appeared in the U.S. in the early 1800s, discombobulate was just a playful, rootless coinage conveying a sense of confusion. It was probably inspired by similar words like discomfit and discompose, but the –bobulate part has no etymological origin. It is this nonsense quality that gives the word its meaning—i.e., to throw into a state of confusion.
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