verb
- Cause to be confused emotionally.
- synonyms: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw
- Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
- usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
adjective
- 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- G. B. Shaw
- synonyms: disconcerted
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