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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
discombobulate
1. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly - These questions confuse even the experts - This question completely threw me - This question befuddled even the teacher • Syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound • Derivationally related forms: discombobulation, befuddlement (for: befuddle), confusion (for: confuse) • Hypernyms: be • Hyponyms: demoralize, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound, disorient, disorientate • Verb Group: confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 2. cause to be confused emotionally • Syn: bewilder, bemuse, throw • Derivationally related forms: discombobulation, bemusement (for: bemuse) • Hypernyms: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - The bad news will discombobulate him - The good news will discombobulate her
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