as in baffled
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
Kavya tugs on my arm, her nose is scrunched up, eyebrows discombobulated.
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Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discombobulated
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Many commenters were baffled no one wanted to match with McBride.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Those are the same factors that left observers baffled by how the fire was handled a month earlier.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But at seven weeks, doctors were already puzzled.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bill Gross, then-head of Pimco and a true bond market expert, was just as puzzled.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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For nearly 20 years, astronomers have been perplexed by the strange disk of dust and debris circling Fomalhaut, a bright star just 25 light-years from Earth.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many historians have been perplexed by how such a seemingly simple man as Shakespeare could have written works of such grandeur and depth.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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The office had been working with elderly, low-income and disabled people to see what most confused them about SSA processes and what would most help them if these were redesigned.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Forgive some Colorado Avalanche fans if they’re confused by the lack of noise as training camp beckons.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Discombobulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discombobulated. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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