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DISCOMBOBULATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Example:
This question befuddled even the teacher
Synonyms:
bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Verb group:
confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "discombobulate"):
demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)
amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)
disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to be confused emotionally
Synonyms:
bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; throw
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will discombobulate him
The good news will discombobulate her
Derivation:
discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)
