disconcert
Verb
- cause to feel embarrassment
- cause to lose one's composure
- To upset the composure of; to startle.
- To bring into confusion.
- To frustrate, discomfit.
Noun
- A state of disunion.
Examples
- The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).
Synonyms
confuse, discomfit, discompose, flurry, put off, untune, upset, agitate, baffle, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, bring down, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, disturb, dumbfound, enturbulate, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, jumble, knot, lose, mix up, mortify, perplex, perturb, put out, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, stick, throw, throw off balance, thwart, unsettle
Scrabble Score: 15
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