discombobulate

Never take a result for granted at the Crucible; high stakes can discombobulate the very best.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Tariffs may slow economic growth, discombobulate markets and boost inflation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

The overall aim, León and Pascual concurred, will be to discombobulate internal and external enemies.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023

This, Keynes warned, could discombobulate the human race’s neurological wiring, because mankind has evolved through many millennia for toil and stress.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2018

Oh, Canada, dear Canada, we shall not discombobulate Ourselves concerning JONATHAN.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various

Little Island discombobulates many of the ways in which the body physically adapts itself to the pulse of the city.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021

It further discombobulates the critical mind by resembling neither jazz nor classical music.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019

Jevon Carter, West Virginia: The Mountaineers get a lot of attention for their “Press Virginia” scheme that discombobulates opponents, but it helps to have a relentless and skilled presence leading the way at both ends.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2017

Exposure to light, especially to the blue light of digital devices, discombobulates the clockwork.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016

Walther’s improvisatory sounding song discombobulates the masters, who don’t know what to make of it.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014

Moving sharply, Djokovic used his superior tennis IQ to carefully construct points in a way which Alcaraz could not compute - similar to how he discombobulated the Spaniard in last year's quarter-finals.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

In fact, they're all so discombobulated by this thing that some of them are making monumental political gaffes trying to deal with it.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2025

Wrapped in white vinyl, it featured psychedelic projection mapping on its exterior and could be seen from across the playa — a convenient beacon while slashing through the night in a discombobulated state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

When was the last time you looked at the exquisite list of synonyms for the word “baffled”? They may be among the best in the English language: puzzled, nonplused, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped, fogged, wildered, buffaloed.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Dimple had looked so utterly discombobulated, he hoped he'd done the right thing by surprising her.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

At times, it’s a discombobulating experience, and the film would surely benefit from giving its ideas more space to breathe.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

In a podcast with Hello Magazine, Logan described losing a parent as "discombobulating" but said the stories and messages sent by fans were "so comforting".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

But the mere fact of the swings is discombobulating for stock pickers, and could push risk managers to cut back overall exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Ruscha’s Hollywood signs are emblematic of the discombobulating ways in which his art works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024

To escape a stagnating and a somewhat discombobulating loss of herself, she grabbed her sketchbook and drew the exact likeness of her child with little time and effort.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)