What does disconcert mean?
Definitions for disconcert
ˌdɪs kənˈsɜrtdis·con·cert
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Princeton's WordNet
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb
cause to feel embarrassment
"The constant attention of the young man confused her"
upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfitverb
cause to lose one's composure
Wiktionary
disconcertverb
To upset the composure of
disconcertverb
To bring into confusion
disconcertverb
To frustrate, make go wrong
Etymology: From disconcerter, an alteration of desconcerter, itself from des- 'dis' (from dis-)+ concerter 'to bring into agreement, organize'
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Disconcertverb
Etymology: dis and concert.
You need not provoke their spirits by outrages: a careless gesture, a word, or a look, is enough to disconcert them. Collier.
Webster Dictionary
Disconcertverb
to break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy
Disconcertverb
to confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash
Disconcertnoun
want of concert; disagreement
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disconcert
dis-kon-sėrt′, v.t. to deprive of harmony or agreement: to disturb: to frustrate: to defeat: to put out of countenance.—n. Discon′cert, disunion; Disconcer′tion, confusion; Disconcert′ment. [O. Fr. disconcerter—des = L. dis, apart, and concerter, to concert.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disconcert in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disconcert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Translations for disconcert
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- смущавам, разстройвам, обърквамBulgarian
- stören, vereiteln, verwirrenGerman
- desconcertarSpanish
- cuir tro-chèileScottish Gaelic
- verstoren, verwarren, verijdelen, doorkruisenDutch
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