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/dˌɪskənsˈərt/ Listen

verb

Disconcert v. t. (past & past part. disconcerted; pres. part. disconcerting)

To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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."

Synonyms: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.

noun

Disconcert n. Want of concert; disagreement.

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Etymology of 'Disconcert'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disconcert" Quotes from Famous Books

... sting in this speech that seemed quite to disconcert Master Simon. He jerked away his hand in a pet, smacked his whip, whistled to his dogs, and intimated that it was high time to go home. The girl, however, was determined not to lose her harvest. She now turned upon me, and, as I have a weakness of spirit where ...

— Bracebridge Hall • Washington Irving

... without firing my rifle, so I looked round to see if I was being stalked. I could see no one on my track, so I just lay still and waited developments at the farmhouse. I saw the girl throw the milk, and I then calculated that a shot placed between you and the men would so disconcert them for the moment that you could be able ...

— On the Heels of De Wet • The Intelligence Officer

... sure. The confounded workmen played the devil with the place while I was away." Then, without any more words, she led the way to the interior of her habitation, and I could not but wonder whether her blunt straightforwardness did not disconcert and rebuke Mr. Rogers for ...

— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble

... time a circumstance occurred of a disagreeable nature, which however did not much disconcert me. Mr Ivory, who had a good many years before made himself favourably known as a mathematician, especially by his acquaintance with Laplace's peculiar analysis, had adopted (as not unfrequently happens) ...

— Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy • George Biddell Airy

... followed a strangely zigzag course. It was evident that, in trying to baffle pursuit, they had tried to avoid places which they thought might be dangerous to them. This may have been simply a method to disconcert pursuit. If so, it was, in a measure, excellent, for none of those immediately following could possibly tell in what direction they were heading. It was only when we worked the course on the great map in the signaller's room (which was the old guard room of the Castle) that we could get an inkling ...

— The Lady of the Shroud • Bram Stoker

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