disconcert
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Etymology
From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
disconcert (third-person singular simple present disconcerts, present participle disconcerting, simple past and past participle disconcerted)
- (transitive) To upset the composure of; to startle.
- Synonyms: disturb, unsettle; see also Thesaurus:upset
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
- (transitive) To bring into confusion
- Synonyms: agitate, upset; see also Thesaurus:confuse
- (transitive) To frustrate, discomfit.
Derived terms
Translations
upset the composure
bring into confusion
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frustrate
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Noun
disconcert
- A state of disunion.
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