Meaning of DISCONCERT
| Pronunciation: | | `diskun'surt
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- [v] cause to lose one's composure
- [v] cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
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| | Synonyms: | | confuse, discomfit, discompose, flurry, put off, untune, upset |
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| | See Also: | | abash, afflict, anguish, arouse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, deflect, discombobulate, distract, elicit, embarrass, enervate, enkindle, evoke, faze, fire, fluster, hurt, kindle, pain, provoke, raise, throw, unnerve, unsettle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
plans of his enemy.
2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
to discompose; to abash.
The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
--Thackeray.
Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
defeat; frustrate.
\Dis`con*cert"\, n.
Want of concert; disagreement. --Sir W. Temple.
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