discombobulate
verb (used with object)
discombobulation
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a word derived from
discombobulate.
Example Sentences
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A double-page illustration of the bustling crowds around the Colosseum acts as both an entertaining “Where’s Waldo?”-esque search for the statues and an example of the frenetic discombobulation they feel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It provided a unity and a serene calm in the midst of discombobulation and disquiet.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
Most of its featured romantic betrayals and fistfights were real, revved into the red by producers taking advantage of their subject’s emotional discombobulation.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
But the journey isn’t just loud to soft — it’s discombobulation to clarity.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Even though western Washington is your ancestral home, your book conveys the sense of discombobulation that I often see immigrants describing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
