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discombobricate

discombobricate 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 discombobricate

third-person singular presentdiscombobricates
present participlediscombobricating
past participlediscombobricated
pastdiscombobricated

Questions about discombobricate

What is discombobricate the alternative form of?
Discombobricate is the alternative form of discombobulate.

Words near discombobricate in the dictionary

  1. discomania
  2. discomboberate
  3. discomboberated
  4. discomboberates
  5. discomboberating
  6. discombobricate
  7. discombobricated
  8. discombobricates
  9. discombobricating
  10. discombobulate
  11. discombobulated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discombobricate (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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