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English verb: disconcert | |||
| 1. | disconcert (emotion) cause to feel embarrassment | ||
| Samples | The constant attention of the young man confused her. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will disconcert him | ||
| Synonyms | confuse, flurry, put off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abash, embarrass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bother, deflect, distract, fluster | ||
| Verb group | bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | ||
| 2. | disconcert (emotion) cause to lose one's composure | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to disconcert Sue | ||
| Synonyms | discomfit, discompose, untune, upset | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abash, afflict, anguish, bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, dissolve, embarrass, enervate, faze, hurt, pain, throw, unnerve, unsettle | ||
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