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disconcert en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/ (General-American)
  • /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).

Meanings

  1. A state of disunion.

disconcert en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/ (General-American)
  • /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To upset the composure of; to startle.
    • The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 4, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  2. (transitive) To bring into confusion.
  3. (transitive) To frustrate, discomfit.
    • The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
disconcerts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
disconcerting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disconcerted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
disconcerted Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

undisconcertable · disconcerting · disconcertingly · disconcertment

Synonyms

agitate · blind · thwart · throw off balance · fuddle · upset · put out · mix up · embroil · puzzle · addle · entangle · flabagast · flurry · sting · jumble · ruffle · disconcert · flurry · bemud · dazzle · rattle · lose · knot · perplex · unsettle · foil · bring down · enturbulate · baffle · dumbfound · discompose · flabbergast · baffound · bother · muddle · disturb · confuse · confuddle · bamboozle · confound · stick · bedevil · stump · throw · befuddle · unsettle · mortify · confuzzle · fluster · disconcert · rattle · bewilder · vex · upset · discombobulate · freak · ravel · flummox · ferhoodle · bemuse · muddy · flabbergaster · unstring · agitate · bumfuzzle · complicate · disturb · perturb

Translations (30)

mi whakapōhēhē (bring into confusion) · hi विक्षोभकारी (bring into confusion) · mr विक्षोभकारी (frustrate) · hi विक्षोभकारी (frustrate) · cy taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (upset the composure) · de verwirren (bring into confusion) · bg смущавам (frustrate) · sa विक्षोभकारी (frustrate) · mr विक्षोभकारी (bring into confusion) · nl doorkruisen (frustrate) · es desconcertar (bring into confusion) · bg разстройвам (upset the composure) · nl verwarren (upset the composure) · bg обърквам (bring into confusion) · nl verwarren (bring into confusion) · nl verstoren (bring into confusion) · nl in de war brengen (upset the composure) · gd cuir tro-chèile (bring into confusion) · nl verstoren (frustrate) · hi विक्षोभकारी (upset the composure) · nl verstoren (upset the composure) · de vereiteln (frustrate) · de stören (frustrate) · sa विक्षोभकारी (upset the composure) · sa विक्षोभकारी (bring into confusion) · nl verijdelen (frustrate) · mr विक्षोभकारी (upset the composure) · cy taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel (bring into confusion) · mi kōnatunatu (bring into confusion) · nl in de war brengen (bring into confusion)