VERB | emotion | disconcert, confuse, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment |
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emotion | disconcert, upset, discompose, untune, discomfit | cause to lose one's composure |
Sounds | dih.skahnser't | |
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Rhymes | Albert ... yogurt: 70 rhymes with ert... |
Meaning | Cause to feel embarrassment. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will disconcert him | |
Synonyms | confuse, flurry, put off | |
Narrower | bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled |
distract, deflect | Draw someone's attention away from something | |
fluster | Cause to be nervous or upset | |
Broader | embarrass, abash | Cause to be embarrassed |
Similar to | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
Spanish | aturdir, confundir, consternar, conturbar, desconcertar, desorientar | |
Catalan | atordir, confondre, desconcertar, desorientar, encegar, ofuscar, torbar | |
Nouns | disconcertion, disconcertment | anxious embarrassment |
Meaning | Cause to lose one's composure. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to disconcert Sue | |
Synonyms | upset, discompose, untune, discomfit | |
Narrower | afflict | Cause great unhappiness for |
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) |
Spanish | confundir, desconcertar, molestar, perturbar, turbar | |
Catalan | amoïnar, confondre, desconcertar, molestar, pertorbar, preocupar, torbar | |
Nouns | disconcertion, disconcertment | anxious embarrassment |
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