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adjective
- 1. unsettled or confused: "Keith looked momentarily disconcerted"
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embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action. the question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer. discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion.
Disconcerted is a combination of the French prefix des- which indicates reversal and the word concerter meaning "bring together," so something disconcerted is not brought together, but rather torn apart, or thrown into confusion.
To disconcert is to unsettle someone, or make them feel confused and out of sorts. Finding a soup ladle in your sock drawer would definitely disconcert you! Disconcert comes from the old French word disconcerter, meaning "confused."
adjective. These are words and phrases related to disconcerted. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of disconcerted. The performers were disconcerted by the latecomers. Synonyms. distracted. fazed. ruffled. nonplussed. agitated. unsettled. confused. upset. annoyed. disturbed. troubled. perturbed.
verb. disconcerted, disconcerts. To frustrate (plans, etc.) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To upset the composure of; embarrass; confuse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To bring into confusion. Wiktionary. Synonyms: untune. upset. discompose. discomfit. put off. flurry. confuse. unbalance. ruffle. rattle. nonplus. unsettle.
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Something is disconcerting if it makes you uneasy or unsettles you. Even if you don't give your little brother's dreams of conquering the world and enslaving humanity much chance of success, you may find them disconcerting.
