Disconcerted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf.
     OF. desconcerter, F. d['e]concerter.]
     1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into
        disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the
        plans of his enemy.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of;
        to discompose; to abash.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law
              somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn
              and perfumed with tobacco might well do.
                                                    --Thackeray.
  
     Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb;
          defeat; frustrate.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disconcerted
       adj : having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the
             hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with
             anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other
             dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw [syn: {discombobulated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "disconcerted":
     abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, agitated, all shook up, amiss,
     askew, astray, at sea, awry, baffled, balled-up, beset, bewildered,
     bothered, cast down, chagrined, chaotic, chapfallen, clueless,
     cockeyed, confused, convulsed, deranged, disarranged, discomfited,
     discomforted, discomposed, dislocated, dismayed, disordered,
     disorderly, disorganized, disoriented, disquieted, distracted,
     distraught, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, flustered,
     fluttered, fussed, guessing, haywire, hung up, ill at ease,
     in a fix, in a jumble, in a maze, in a pickle, in a pother,
     in a pucker, in a scrape, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet,
     in a tizzy, in disorder, jumbled, lost, mazed, misplaced, mixed-up,
     mortified, off the track, on the fritz, out of countenance,
     out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter,
     out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perplexed,
     perturbed, put off, put out, put-out, put-upon, puzzled, queasy,
     rattled, roily, ruffled, shaken, shook, shuffled, troubled, turbid,
     turbulent, turned around, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, upset,
     without a clue