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    DISCOMBOBULATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearlyplay

    Example:

    This question befuddled even the teacher

    Synonyms:

    bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):

    be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

    Verb group:

    confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "discombobulate"):

    demoralize (confuse or put into disorder)

    amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex (be a mystery or bewildering to)

    disorient; disorientate (cause to be lost or disoriented)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cause to be confused emotionallyplay

    Synonyms:

    bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; throw

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "discombobulate" is one way to...):

    discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence examples:

    The bad news will discombobulate him

    The good news will discombobulate her


    Derivation:

    discombobulation (a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused)

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