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discomboberate

discomboberate is the alternative form of discombobulate.

Meaning of discombobulate

Verb

discombobulate (third-person singular simple present discombobulates, present participle discombobulating, simple past and past participle discombobulated)

  1. (humorous, transitive) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
    • Can't you and I pretend to quarrel? A personal assault by you on me will wake these people up and discombobulate Goldsmith. Say the word—only don't hit too hard.1895, John Kendrick Bangs, “Story-tellers' Night”, in A House-Boat on the Styx, New York: Harper & Brothers, published 1901, page 132

Forms of discomboberate

third-person singular presentdiscomboberates
present participlediscomboberating
past participlediscomboberated
pastdiscomboberated

Questions about discomboberate

What is discomboberate the alternative form of?
Discomboberate is the alternative form of discombobulate.

Words near discomboberate in the dictionary

  1. discolourments
  2. discolourous
  3. discolours
  4. discom
  5. discomania
  6. discomboberate
  7. discomboberated
  8. discomboberates
  9. discomboberating
  10. discombobricate
  11. discombobricated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discomboberate (page history and authors); discombobulate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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