discombobulate
verb (used with object)
discombobulates
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present tense formof discombobulate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Little Island discombobulates many of the ways in which the body physically adapts itself to the pulse of the city.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
It further discombobulates the critical mind by resembling neither jazz nor classical music.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
Jevon Carter, West Virginia: The Mountaineers get a lot of attention for their “Press Virginia” scheme that discombobulates opponents, but it helps to have a relentless and skilled presence leading the way at both ends.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2017
Exposure to light, especially to the blue light of digital devices, discombobulates the clockwork.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016
Walther’s improvisatory sounding song discombobulates the masters, who don’t know what to make of it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
