discombobulate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=com=bob=u=late

OXFORD DICTIONARY

discombobulate, v.tr. US joc. disturb; disconcert.

Etymology

prob. based on discompose or discomfit

THESAURUS

discombobulate

addle, addle the wits, agitate, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distract, disturb, electrify, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, jar, jolt, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mull, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, rock, ruffle, shake, shake up, shock, stagger, stir, throw into confusion, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset

ROGET THESAURUS

discombobulate

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.