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Definition: Discombobulate |
DiscombobulateVerb1. Cause to be confused emotionally. 2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DiscombobulateSynonyms: bedevil (v), befuddle (v), bemuse (v), bewilder (v), confound (v), confuse (v), fox (v), fuddle (v), throw (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrangement | Verb: derange; disarrange, misarrange; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder; muss; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
discombobulate | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "discombobulate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | verwirren (befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, dazzle, disarrange, disorient, entangle, fluster, fuddle, jumble, muddle, muddle up, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, Ravel, ruffle, ruffle up, tangle, tangle up, to confuse, to derange, to disarrange, to discombobulate, to disconcert, to dishevel, to disorient, to distract, to embarrass, to fluster, tousle, unsettle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | disordinare (disarrange, distract, fluster). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | iscombobulateday confundir (abash, baffle, beat, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, disarrange, dish, distract, embrangle, flummox, fluster, Fox, mistake, mix, mix up, muddle, nonplus, obscure, rattle, throw). (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "discombobulate": discombobulated, discombobulates. (additional references) | |
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"Discombobulate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: discombobolate, discombobulat, discombogulate, discombojulate, discomboobulate, discombubulate, disconbobulate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-d-e-i-l-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: automobiled, automobiles, combustible. | |
-4 letters: automobile, columbites, mislocated, outclimbed, subdialect, sublimated. | |
-5 letters: abbotcies, autocoids, autoecism, bloodiest, bloomiest, bluecoats, bobtailed, bodacious, bombastic, bombloads, bootlaces, caboodles, cloudiest, clubbiest, cobaltous, columbite, combusted, custodial, dislocate, dolomites, doubtable, dubitable, maledicts, melodicas, melodious, metabolic, mislocate, modulates, mouldiest, osculated, outclimbs, outsailed, outsmiled, simulated, stomodeal, subatomic, subcooled, sublimate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-d-e-i-l-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: discombobulated, discombobulates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 63 6F 6D 62 6F 62 75 6C 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -.-. --- -- -... --- -... ..- .-.. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100010 01101111 01100010 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s c o m b o b u l a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0063 006F 006D 0062 006F 0062 0075 006C 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856981796881688778678671 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tedesco, alemán |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italienisch, italiano |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanisch, spagnolo, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, inglese, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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