disconcert
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
disconcert (disconcerts, present participle disconcerting; past and past participle disconcerted)
- (transitive) To upset the composure of.
- The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
- (transitive) To bring into confusion.
- (transitive) To frustrate, make go wrong.
- The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
- agitate
- upset
- See also Thesaurus:confuse
- German: verwirren
- Spanish: desconcertar
disconcert
- A state of disunion.
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