discombobulated

1. 1.

   having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion

   “the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand”

   “looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted”

   Synonymsdisconcerted

   Similardiscomposed

Questions about discombobulated

What does discombobulated mean?

discombobulated means "having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion".

How many syllables are in discombobulated?

discombobulated has 6 syllables: dis-com-bo-bu-la-ted. The stress falls on "bo". In IPA it is /ˌdɪskəmˈbɔbjuleɪtəd/.

What is another word for discombobulated?

Close synonyms include disconcerted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discombobulated a common word?

discombobulated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.