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Definition:
upset; confused
Example:
"On their final possession [of Super Bowl XLV], Pittsburgh looked discombobulated. They were slow to get plays off. Wallace was openly looking at Roethlisberger and motioning with his hands that he didn't know which route to run." – Ken Trahan, NewOrleans.com, February 7, 2011
About the word:
discombobulate is probably an alteration of discompose; it keeps company with such lively-sounding synonyms as addle, baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, flummox, fuddle, muddle, perplex, puzzle, and vex.
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