Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discombobulating

/dˌɪskəmbˈɔbjuleɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: dis-com-bob-u-lat-ing
IPA: /dˌɪskəmbˈɔbjuleɪtɪŋ/

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.

verb

present participle and gerund of discombobulate

Example Sentences

"Football behind closed doors is discombobulating; this was a whole new level of weirdness"

Inflected Forms

more discombobulating (comparative) most discombobulating (superlative)

Derived Forms

discombobulatingly

Questions

How do you pronounce discombobulating?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˌɪskəmbˈɔbjuleɪtɪŋ/.
What does discombobulating mean?: Confusing; tending to befuddle or perplex.

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