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v. - Be confusing or perplexing to; Cause to be confused emotionally.

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  • Verb (used with object), : The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers
  • Camara joked that he did not know what the word "discombobulate" meant.
  • The term comes from "discombobulate", which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google.
  • 'discombobulate' into separate conversations with each of the other celebrities without them suspecting that she was up to something.
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