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Meanings of discombobulated in English

Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion.

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Examples for "disconcerted"
1
Well... good, Hamish said uncertainly, as though disconcerted by this novel idea.
Outlander
2
Consultants were disconcerted by some other numbers in the earnings report, however.
Reuters
3
His assurance disconcerted me; and I had nothing to say in reply.
A Voyage in a Balloon (1852)
4
Legrand, however, although evidently much disconcerted, wiped his brow thoughtfully and recommenced.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
5
But the next instant he disconcerted her in the most unexpected fashion.
The Keeper of the Door
Usage of discombobulated in English
1
I remember feeling discombobulated, even irritated, by the production at the time.
The Guardian
2
But what she really meant was that she felt confused or discombobulated.
The Irish Times
3
Grout had to inform the thoroughly discombobulated May what had just happened.
The Guardian
4
Arkansas's discombobulated argument against Muslim inmates' beards should make that easy.
The Guardian
5
It's a jolt that clearly made Cobain more discombobulated than he already was.
The Irish Times
6
They were especially discombobulated when Huth ventured into the box.
The Guardian
7
The intruder completely discombobulated the gentle Japanese nurse Satoko Hayakawa.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
8
Always discombobulated the older woman, which was half the reason why she did it.
Here comes trouble
9
A discombobulated circuit spread out across the flat little roofspace.
Perdido Street Station
10
The calf was rolling on her side, discombobulated, her legs star-fished in all directions.
Leaving Time
11
I'm no monkey scientist, but the troops definitely seem discombobulated.
Terminal
12
For someone so set on order, he's awfully... discombobulated.
Ladder of years: a novel
13
I've just traveled from Egypt and I'm a bit...discombobulated.
The lovers
14
Now he does the reverse, unraveling the order and rhythm of sports games into discombobulated madness.
Wired
15
A dream leaves the old man discombobulated: I was in a strange land, a vast wilderness.
The Irish Times
16
Back then he couldnOt even pack a suitcase for himself, as discombobulated as his thoughts were.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
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