to disconcert

Examples

• All

• The first thing that disconcerted me was the fact that it only had four strings.

  Academic text (2011)

• His brows rose when he saw Charlotte, but it did not disconcert him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Never mind, I thought, a bit disconcerted; she is not the important one.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The hours she had spent buying equipment and setting up the drawing table had disconcerted her.

  Fiction book (1994)

• But Tom was not at all disconcerted by my tears.

  Fiction book (1997)

• We don't want to disconcert the masses.

  The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

• Teresa tried using biofeedback to speed her adaptation to the dark and found it disconcerting how little training helped.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The exhibitions at Levy's gallery must have been disconcerting experiences for Sheeler.

  Academic text (2004)

• His hands fell to his sides, and he stood chewing his lip, plainly disconcerted.

  Fiction book (1998)

• She felt disconcert when her friend suddenly changed the topic during dinner.

Synonyms

E

to embarrass

vsto disconcert

642 2.1

Make someone feel awkward or ashamed in front of others

focuses more on unease and awkwardness rather than only shame

U

to upset

vsto disconcert

362 1.0

Make someone feel sad or worried

is more about mild unease or awkwardness than strong emotional disturbance

D

to disturb

vsto disconcert

153 2.5

Make someone feel deeply worried or upset

is generally less intense, causing brief unease or awkwardness instead

D

to dismay

vsto disconcert

37 4.4

Make someone feel shocked or worried by something unexpected

creates milder awkwardness or unease rather than strong shock

P

to put off

vsto disconcert

22 3.7

Make someone not want to do something

primarily creates unease or awkwardness rather than prolonged discouragement

U

to unnerve

vsto disconcert

20 6.3

To make someone feel nervous and less confident

creates unease and awkwardness rather than mainly weakening confidence

W

to weird out

vsto disconcert

• Informal

12 8.4

Make someone feel strange or uncomfortable

is more formal and neutral, causing unease without slangy tone

U

to unsettle

vsto disconcert

7 4.9

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

adds embarrassment rather than only anxiety or insecurity

P

to perturb

vsto disconcert

7 7.0

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

is milder, producing brief embarrassment or unsettled feelings instead

C

to confuse

vsto disconcert

4 2.4

Make someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable by surprising them

is about general unease or awkwardness without requiring surprising attention

D

to discomfort

vsto disconcert

1 4.3

To make someone feel uneasy or anxious

is more about embarrassment and loss of composure than general unease

D

to discompose

vsto disconcert

1 9.1

To make someone feel nervous

causes mild unease or embarrassment rather than clear composure loss

D

to disquiet

vsto disconcert

1 7.3

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

leans more to awkward embarrassment rather than mainly worry

D

to discomfit

vsto disconcert

• Formal

1 8.4

To make someone feel uncomfortable, confused, or embarrassed

tends to produce milder unease or brief embarrassment without strong confusion

U

to untune

vsto disconcert

• Archaic

8.9

To make someone lose their calm and feel upset

tends to cause milder unease or awkwardness rather than full instability

C

to chagrin

vsto disconcert

8.0

To make someone feel embarrassed or disappointed

is broader, causing general unease or awkwardness not tied to failure

Antonyms

C

to comfort

172 1.0

To make someone feel less upset or in pain

R

to reassure

163 3.4

To make someone feel less worried and more confident

How Uneasy

to mortify

22 6.9

to embarrass

642 2.1

to unsettle

7 4.9

to disconcert

7 7.1

to put off

22 3.7

to bother

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology