DISCONCERT
Dictionary entry overview: What does disconcert mean?
• DISCONCERT (verb)
The verb DISCONCERT has 2 senses:
1. cause to feel embarrassment
2. cause to lose one's composure
Familiarity information: DISCONCERT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISCONCERT (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to feel embarrassment
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
disconcert; flurry; confuse; put off
Context example:
The constant attention of the young man confused her
Hypernyms (to "disconcert" is one way to...):
abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disconcert"):
fluster (cause to be nervous or upset)
bother (make confused or perplexed or puzzled)
deflect; distract (draw someone's attention away from something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The bad news will disconcert him
Meaning:
Cause to lose one's composure
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
discomfit; discompose; untune; disconcert; upset
Hypernyms (to "disconcert" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disconcert"):
enervate; faze; unnerve; unsettle (disturb the composure of)
dissolve (cause to lose control emotionally)
bemuse; bewilder; discombobulate; throw (cause to be confused emotionally)
abash; embarrass (cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious)
anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)
afflict (cause great unhappiness for; distress)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to disconcert Sue
