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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause to be confused emotionally [syn: bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw]
2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: probably alteration of discompose Date: circa 1916 upset, confuse <inventing cool new ways to discombobulate the old order — Kurt Andersen> • discombobulation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. US joc. disturb; disconcert. Etymology: prob. based on discompose or discomfit

Moby Thesaurus

addle, addle the wits, agitate, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, cloud, confuse, daze, dazzle, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, disorient, disquiet, distract, disturb, electrify, embarrass, entangle, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, jar, jolt, maze, mist, mix up, moider, muddle, mull, perplex, perturb, pother, put out, raise hell, rattle, rock, ruffle, shake, shake up, shock, stagger, stir, throw into confusion, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset