different between discombobulate vs confuzzle

English

Alternative forms

• discomboberate
• discombulate
• discombobricate

Etymology

1834 US, fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s.k?m?b?b.j??le?t/

Verb

discombobulate (third-person singular simple present discombobulates, present participle discombobulating, simple past and past participle discombobulated)

1. (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.

Antonyms

• combobulate
• recombobulate

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Fanciful 19th century American coinages

References

English

Etymology

Blend of confuse +? puzzle.

Pronunciation

Noun

confuzzle (plural confuzzles)

1. (slang, childish) A state of confusion or puzzlement.
   • 1997 May 1, Glenn Hushyn, “Almost done with the semester”, alt.shoe.lesbians, Usenet

     I was all in a confuzzle last night after the Ellen show, and my mind was going too fast for my typing skills.

   • 2000 July 6, “Lula” a.k.a “Josie” a.k.a. “Archer-bull”, “Re: FMily [sic.] Take Note was Re: Numbness & pain”, alt.med.fibromyalgia, Usenet

     Always glad to clear up confuzzles since too often I only add to them. ;)

   • 2001 November 20, Remus Shepherd, “Re: um... hello? <nervous-wriggle>”, alt.devilbunnies, Usenet

     The confuzzle is strong with this one.

   • 2001 December 17, Vince M. “VinceH” Hudd, from softrock.co.uk, “Re: Blueyonder newserver”, comp.sys.acorn.misc, Usenet

     Now, I find if there are any posts to send, it seems to get in a confuzzle and never reaches the point of fetching.

Verb

confuzzle (third-person singular simple present confuzzles, present participle confuzzling, simple past and past participle confuzzled)

1. (transitive, slang, childish) To confuse or puzzle.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:confuzzle.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:confuse.

Derived terms

• confuzzled
• confuzzlement
• confuzzling