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Definition:
upset; confused
Example:
"On their final possession [of Super Bowl XLV], Pittsburgh looked discombobulated. They were slow to get plays off. Wallace was openly looking at Roethlisberger and motioning with his hands that he didn't know which route to run." Ken Trahan, NewOrleans.com, February 7, 2011
About the word:
discombobulate is probably an alteration of discompose; it keeps company with such lively-sounding synonyms as addle, baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, flummox, fuddle, muddle, perplex, puzzle, and vex.