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  1. etymology - If you can be "discombobulated", is it possible to be ...

    Aug 18, 2011 · If you can be "discombobulated", is it possible to be "combobulated"? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 4 months ago Modified 7 years, 1 month ago

  2. Why has the word "discombobulate" stuck around? [closed]

    Feb 16, 2019 · To be discombobulated is to be thoroughly befuddled. Discombobulate is still a light word and might be out of place in more formal contexts, but it does turn up fairly often in …

  3. word choice - Antonym for "discombobulate" - English Language …

    Dec 23, 2014 · I'm looking for a good antonym to discombobulate. I'm aware that the word is made-up American slang and as such there is no such thing as to be combobulated. If a …

  4. Discombobulate Crossword Clue Answers

    LA Times Crossword May 12 2024 Discombobulate Discombobulate Discombobulate crossword clue. May 12 2024 LA Times Crossword puzzle

  5. word choice - Do I assign something to me or do I assign it to …

    Jul 23, 2021 · In chatting with a coworker, I asked "Should I assign [the task] to myself " but then I got discombobulated and wondered if it should have been "to me " instead. I searched for an …

  6. word choice - I got puzzled paradoxically in a discombobulated ...

    One of the speakers in our office meeting used this line today and everybody in the hall literally "got puzzled paradoxically in a discombobulated discombobulation" and panicked for a while …

  7. Is there a term for what 'sheveled' is to 'disheveled'?

    Is there a term to describe an unprefixed term like sheveled that is used less or not at all compared to its prefixed relative disheveled? My word Helen, you look very sheveled today! …

  8. "What does it mean?" vs. "What does that mean?" — what's the …

    Look a little more closely, however. The first pair indicates that you want to know what aspect of the word discombobulated applies to me, and not necessarily a definition of the word. The …

  9. Need colorful synonym for "dumbfounded" or "baffled"

    Nov 11, 2015 · Discombobulated was going to be my answer. It not only fits the definition for the OP's request, its just a funny word to say outloud.

  10. On the briny Crossword Clue Answers

    Jun 4, 2018 · Hopelessly lost Lost Clueless Befuddled Completely confused Utterly lost Gone fishing, say Dazed Puzzled Away from the dock, maybe Lost completely Without a clue …