as in confused
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 discombobulated
Does springing forward in early March leave you feeling discombobulated during your commute?
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
With this kind of wind, you get really easily discombobulated.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
However, the system has been discombobulated already, and the impact is likely to reach the Thanksgiving holiday.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
His absence clearly discombobulated Denver’s defense after a tremendous first half, as second-year corner Kris Abrams-Draine filled in for Surtain but couldn’t prevent Dallas wideouts CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens from getting going on a lengthy scoring drive.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Thielow’s camera captures her kids in tender moments, clinging to her or sometimes discombobulated by their mother’s absence.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Kavya tugs on my arm, her nose is scrunched up, eyebrows discombobulated.
—Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Yet Grace is the one who wakes up in space, and this story emerges nonlinearly, narrative flashbacks like bursts of memory ripping through his brain, discombobulated after a long intergalactic coma.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
With this kind of wind, you get really easily discombobulated.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
However, the system has been discombobulated already, and the impact is likely to reach the Thanksgiving holiday.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
His absence clearly discombobulated Denver’s defense after a tremendous first half, as second-year corner Kris Abrams-Draine filled in for Surtain but couldn’t prevent Dallas wideouts CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens from getting going on a lengthy scoring drive.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Thielow’s camera captures her kids in tender moments, clinging to her or sometimes discombobulated by their mother’s absence.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Kavya tugs on my arm, her nose is scrunched up, eyebrows discombobulated.
—Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discombobulated
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The south London BBQers were confused.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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Microphones are a tool for speaking out loud, or singing, before a crowd, and Lee uses the object as a symbol of her own desire to speak and be understood, even when she is confused by competing cultures and unsure of her own voice.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Government officials, who had already introduced measures to ease the burden of price rises a few weeks ago, were baffled over the rationale behind the protests because the global price spike is due to the Middle East conflict that restricted oil exports.—
Brian Melley,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Government officials, who had already introduced measures to ease the burden of price increases two weeks ago, have been baffled over the rationale behind the protests because the global price spike is due to the conflict in the Mideast that has restricted oil exports.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now, many millions of Americans are bewildered by events.—
David French,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Oswalt confesses being bewildered by Bamford at first.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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There are, however, many lacunae in Paul’s writing and life that have puzzled readers.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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But how Bhuva's name came to be listed on reimbursements for at least 2,800 patients across 126 California hospices in 2024 is a question that has puzzled advocates who have tracked the unusual explosion of hospice providers in Southern California in recent years.—
Grace Manthey,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Baer appeared perplexed by this coy pretense of innocence.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Stocks’ march higher in the face of deepening geopolitical uncertainty is leaving some on Wall Street increasingly perplexed.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Discombobulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discombobulated. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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