disconcerted en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtəd/ (UK)
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Meanings
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Ruffled; upset and embarrassed.
I had no consciousness in advance, either of the range or the object of his attack, and I do not know whether I was more disconcerted by the fact that the circuit of that attack covered practically the whole surface of the habitable globe, and that there was no continent in which, during the six months since Parliament last met, the conduct of Lord Salisbury has not had the censure of the right hon. Baronet. I was perhaps somewhat disconcerted at the discovery that, although I had not expected to speak at all, I should have in reply to cover so wide an area; but still more disconcerted was I to find taht the whole speech of the right hon. Baronet was practically an unconcealed attack upon Russia and France.
1898 February 8, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, “Address in Commons”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report; ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 53, page 136:
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Self-consciously distressed.
Although he voiced his honest convictions, Oakes regretted this the moment he had spoken. His plan was to avoid antagonizing the Olivers, as far as possible, but this yelling member of the family disconcerted him. There was likely to be little opportunity for argument and reason.
1907, Elliott Flower, “The Noisy Oliver”, in The Reader: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 10, Reader Publishing Company, page 309:
- Frustrated and disarranged.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disconcerted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disconcerted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
disconcertedly · disconcertedness · undisconcerted
Translations (19)
pt desconcertado (ruffled, upset and embarrassed) · pt desconcertado (self-consciously distressed) · es desconcertado (ruffled, upset and embarrassed) · eo konsternita (ruffled, upset and embarrassed) · de durcheinandergebracht (frustrated and disarranged) · de in Verlegenheit gebracht (ruffled, upset and embarrassed) · de befremdet (self-consciously distressed) · de aus der Fassung geraten (frustrated and disarranged) · de aus der Fassung gebracht (frustrated and disarranged) · de verwirrt (frustrated and disarranged) · de verdutzt (self-consciously distressed) · de betroffen (frustrated and disarranged) · de verwirrt (ruffled, upset and embarrassed) · de durcheinandergebracht (self-consciously distressed) · pt desconcertado (frustrated and disarranged) · es desconcertado (self-consciously distressed) · ka დანაღვლიანებული (self-consciously distressed) · es desconcertado (frustrated and disarranged) · eo konsternita (self-consciously distressed)