as in to bewilder
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
our grandmother seems a bit discombobulated by all of this birthday fuss
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Recent Examples of discombobulate
The experience at the airport has changed in recent years, and can be discombobulating for families.
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Jason D. Seacat, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Technology use and enthusiasm are high and widespread these days—indeed, many of us feel lost or discombobulated if we’re separated for even a short time from our smartphones.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Refrain from letting anyone discombobulate your day with innuendos or false offers.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
For myriad reasons, the passing attack was discombobulated and unreliable.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
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Jason D. Seacat, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Technology use and enthusiasm are high and widespread these days—indeed, many of us feel lost or discombobulated if we’re separated for even a short time from our smartphones.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Refrain from letting anyone discombobulate your day with innuendos or false offers.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
For myriad reasons, the passing attack was discombobulated and unreliable.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discombobulate
Verb
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They were bewildered for me, and so was all the other staff.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Small wonder many of the migrants are disoriented and bewildered.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Also, this word et cetera at the end of the sentence confused me.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Weir was confused by the man’s unusual conviction, though.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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Some were baffled by Perry’s dancing and said the show looked cheap.—
Courtney Lane,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2025
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The complexities of her character mirrored in her stony, resentful stare, in her grim, unforgiving mouth, will always baffle and enthrall.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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Many observers were perplexed that an eighty-two-year-old man with virtually unlimited access to medical care—and about whose health there has been virtually unlimited conjecture—could have gone undiagnosed until the cancer threatened his life.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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Social-media users were undoubtedly perplexed by the bone discovery, leading to more than 860 comments on the Instagram video.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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But very puzzling storytelling choices as well that diminish many of these characters, making Joel and Ellie feel less realized as people and less nuanced as characters, giving Dina and Ellie such a weird cheery vibe (when Dina isn’t mothering Ellie) and so forth.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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In 1981, as otherwise healthy gay men started dying of unexpected cancers and infections, a government immunologist named Anthony Fauci pushed aside his other research to focus on the puzzling malady.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The reasoning behind this firing will no doubt be revealed in the coming days, but for now, NBA fans are left befuddled at one of the league's top head coaches losing their job.—
Mikai Bruce,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Those secrets created De Niro’s glorified and most memorable street hoodlums and now befuddle his current crazy-man public image.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Discombobulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discombobulate. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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