discombobulated

[ dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-ley-tid ]

adjective

1. Informal. confused, disconcerted, or upset:

   Everything about my morning was discombobulated and strange.

   The quarterback was under constant pressure—he was sacked three times—and looked discombobulated as a result.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of discombobulate ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of discombobulated¹

discombobulate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

At age 33, Didion was astonishingly clear-eyed about the discombobulated culture going on around her.

From The Daily Beast

You can hardly blame American foreign-policy conservatives for feeling a little discombobulated.

From The Daily Beast

You can hardly blame American foreign policy-conservatives for feeling a little discombobulated.

From The Daily Beast

And it reminds us how he feels: discombobulated, out of sorts, distorted.

From The Daily Beast