Verb (used with object), : The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers. From Dictionary.com.
Camara joked that he did not know what the word "discombobulate" meant. From Wordnik.com. [NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Tennessee vs. Kentucky] Reference
The term comes from "discombobulate", which means to confuse or frustrate, and Google. From Wordnik.com. [Muti] Reference
'discombobulate' into separate conversations with each of the other celebrities without them suspecting that she was up to something. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
Special bonus: Use of the words “ukase” and “discombobulate.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sentencing Guidelines and the Jury Trial Clause post–Blakely:] Reference
For example, a fall that would kill a man would only discombobulate a cockroach. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Thank Goodness for Pet Psychics:] Reference
I saw him completely discombobulate while interviewing Cynthia McKinney a coulpe months back. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan] Reference
Running off to the race track -- on their wedding day, no less -- is sure to discombobulate him. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Nixon In China!" Olympia Dukakis On A Milkcart! Bloody Ethan Hawke! More!] Reference
Today if there was a global computer meltdown, civilization as we know it would utterly discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [I’m Working on That] Reference
Their dark skins discombobulate those badly infected with the ideological virus of political correctness. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Trent McBride, Including the Political Consequences of Immigration, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
You can leave the frockle housing in the truck, but put the sub axis in your pocket, or it will discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [Blowin' in the Wind] Reference
Knight Rider on Jul 17, 2008 the weird thing is, if you discombobulate the name Roland. .you get Arnold … cool. From Wordnik.com. [Roland Kickinger Filling in for Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Either that or she was bemused by Theresa's cleavage-liberating top, presumably deployed to discombobulate Gordon. From Wordnik.com. [November 29th, 2007] Reference
Now it is entirely possible that this is nothing but some disinformation designed to discombobulate the Gallian camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Regiment] Reference
What's the point of Condi's almost knee high leather boots, to discombobulate the foreign diplomats she's "negotiating" with?. From Wordnik.com. [Condi or Hillary? Which woman nailed Secretary-of-State-wear?] Reference
The new regime will thoroughly discombobulate things just in time for everyone's complaints to reach a crescendo by Election Day 2010. From Wordnik.com. [What if Washington Were a Ghost Town?] Reference
The spiritual power of Guan Gong, the sacred ancestor inside, is said to be so great that it can discombobulate innocent civilians passing by. From Wordnik.com. [The Spiritual Power Of Democracy] Reference
New York: Let's not let facts discombobulate the charming myth of Cooperstown's Abner Doubleday, who had nothing to do with inventing baseball. From Wordnik.com. [A Two-Bit, And Fine, Idea] Reference
There are a lot of forces at work in baseball which give joy, and there are also forces at work which are known to discombobulate commissioners. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Today and Tomorrow] Reference
Recipients of the same prize, namely the Dalai Lama and Barrack Hussein Obama, ironically cannot meet as it might discombobulate a delicate international order. From Wordnik.com. [A World of Abbreviated Criterions] Reference
When anybody brings about as much positive change in such a short period of time as President Bill Clinton has brought, it's bound to discombobulate some people. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President And Vp In Buffalo Ny] Reference
Not for Swann, you see, the miserly fire-it-in-at-leg-stump approach: no, he bowls an attacking line with just enough loop and drift to discombobulate the batsman. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
The bizarre first goal -- known in soccer's brutally honest parlance as "own goal" -- seemed to discombobulate the Colombians, already reeling from an opening loss to Romania. From Wordnik.com. [You Gotta Believe] Reference
Intentional or not, that gawky one-third (an infinity of threes, when expressed in decimals) seems Rymanesque, consistent with a thoroughgoing aim to pique and discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [Chance Abutmenting (a counter-critique of Peter Schjeldahl)] Reference
Very, very good, this track is beautiful ... and discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri set to star in 'normal' family reality TV show (Pics)] Reference
The long handheld camera shots would discombobulate viewers, some executives feared. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
The long hand-held camera shots would discombobulate viewers, some executives feared. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Apparently it's part of a fresh tactical initiative meant to discombobulate the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [MVN] Reference
It may discombobulate you to learn that none of these was among the most popular stories on HuffPo. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
A collection of some of his more recent films and solo projects, designed to alienate and discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion] Reference
Two respondents each chose some exceptionally unusual words: defenestrate, schadenfreude, and discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Muslim men of an impressionable age was sufficient to discombobulate Al Qaeda's penchant for aerial terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
We do not discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [I’m Working on That] Reference
1976, when Reagan fell short of the nomination but really did discombobulate the establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee] Reference
Oh, Canada, dear Canada, we shall not discombobulate. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891] Reference
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