English > disconcert: 2 senses > verb 1, emotion| Meaning | Cause to feel embarrassment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The bad news will disconcert him |
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| Synonyms | confuse, flurry, put off |
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| Narrower | bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
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| distract, deflect | Draw someone's attention away from something |
| fluster | Cause to be nervous or upset |
| Broader | embarrass, abash | Cause to be embarrassed |
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| Similar to | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
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| Spanish | aturdir, confundir, consternar, conturbar, desconcertar, desorientar |
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| Catalan | atordir, confondre, desconcertar, desorientar, encegar, ofuscar, torbar |
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| Nouns | disconcertion, disconcertment | anxious embarrassment |
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English > disconcert: 2 senses > verb 2, emotion| Meaning | Cause to lose one's composure. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The performance is likely to disconcert Sue |
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| Synonyms | upset, discompose, untune, discomfit |
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| Narrower | afflict | Cause great unhappiness for |
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| bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw | Cause to be confused / confused emotionally |
| dissolve | Cause to lose control emotionally |
| embarrass, abash | Cause to be embarrassed |
| faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle | disturb the composure of |
| inhibit | Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally |
| pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
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| Spanish | confundir, desconcertar, molestar, perturbar, turbar |
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| Catalan | amoïnar, confondre, desconcertar, molestar, pertorbar, preocupar, torbar |
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| Nouns | disconcertion, disconcertment | anxious embarrassment |
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