discombobulate, discombobulating, discombobulated, discombobulation 1. To throw into a state of confusion. 2. To confuse or to disconcert; to upset; to frustrate: 'The politician was completely discombobulated by the critics in the audience.' 3. Etymology: from 1834, American English, a fanciful coinage of a type popular then (originally discombo... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3704/