noun
Meaning 1
A state of disunion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disconcert
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/
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General-American: /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S K AH0 N S ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To upset the composure of; to startle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disturb, unsettle, rattle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose, disconcert, enturbulate, mortify, perturb, put out, ruffle, throw off balance, upset, flurry
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To bring into confusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agitate, upset, rattle, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, throw, bemud, bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, blind, dumbfound, entangle, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flurry, fluster, flummox, fuddle, jumble, knot, mix up, muddle, muddy, ravel, perplex, puzzle
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To frustrate, discomfit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foil, thwart
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
cause to lose one's composure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: upset, discompose, untune, discomfit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Narrower terms: faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle, dissolve, bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw, embarrass, abash, pain, anguish, hurt, afflict
verb
Meaning 6
cause to feel embarrassment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrass, abash
Narrower terms: fluster, bother, distract, deflect
History
Etymology
From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разстройвам (razstrojvam) — upset the composure
- Dutch: verstoren — upset the composure
- Dutch: verwarren — upset the composure
- Dutch: in de war brengen — upset the composure
- Hindi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — upset the composure
- Marathi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — upset the composure
- Sanskrit: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhakārī) — upset the composure
- Welsh: taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel — upset the composure
- Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — bring into confusion
- Dutch: verstoren — bring into confusion
- Dutch: verwarren — bring into confusion
- Dutch: in de war brengen — bring into confusion
- German: verwirren — bring into confusion
- Hindi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — bring into confusion
- Māori: whakapōhēhē — bring into confusion
- Māori: kōnatunatu — bring into confusion
- Marathi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — bring into confusion
- Sanskrit: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhakārī) — bring into confusion
- Scottish Gaelic: cuir tro-chèile — bring into confusion
- Spanish: desconcertar — bring into confusion
- Welsh: taflu rhywun oddi ar ei echel — bring into confusion
- Bulgarian: смущавам (smuštavam) — frustrate
- Dutch: doorkruisen — frustrate
- Dutch: verstoren — frustrate
- Dutch: verijdelen — frustrate
- German: stören — frustrate
- German: vereiteln — frustrate
- Hindi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — frustrate
- Marathi: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhkārī) — frustrate
- Sanskrit: विक्षोभकारी (vikṣobhakārī) — frustrate