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 | ||