disconcerted

[ dis-kuhn-sur-tid ]

/ ˌdɪs kənˈsɜr tɪd /

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adjective

disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.

bewildered or confused, as by something unexpected: The class was disconcerted by the instructor's confusion.

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OTHER WORDS FROM disconcerted

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How to use disconcerted in a sentence

The change, so audacious, so unorthodox, disconcerted the Costa Ricans.
Costa Rica vs. the Netherlands: A Tale of Two Goalies|Tunku Varadarajan|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She still feels faintly disconcerted when people come up to her to praise her books.
Diana Athill on How to Age Gracefully|Lucy Scholes|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was much disconcerted, and did not materially mend the matter by saying it was the first name that came into his head.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
His flow of speech is incessant; he seems not a whit disconcerted by my evident disinclination to talk.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman

Just as the troop trotted past an incident occurred which disconcerted the hiders not a little.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne
Gilet had previously become disconcerted by the presence of the grain-dealer on the field of battle.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
These vigorous measures disconcerted all the calculations of the Dutch monarch and of his partizans.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

British Dictionary definitions for disconcerted

disconcerted

/ (ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪd) /

adjective

perturbed, embarrassed, or confused

Derived forms of disconcerted

disconcertedly, adverbdisconcertedness, noun

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