disconcert
verb (used with object)
to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle.
disconcertion
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a word derived from
disconcert.
Example Sentences
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But to their mutual disconcertion, old Jerry's face did not change, save for a slight widening of his blue eyes as they met the hard gray ones of Mart.
From The Pirate Shark by Fred J. Arting
Remembering the trace of disconcertion he had shown, she very much wished to know where Brooke had really been.
From A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss
Johanna, who was passing into the next room, could not see it, but she easily guessed it by the slight disconcertion which showed through the smile he gave back.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
She asked if he was ill, and when a shake of the head answered the query, she covered the few minutes of his disconcertion with her conversation.
From The Man Between, an International Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Upon each one of these points the Judge elaborated at length, and made really a fine speech, but his evident disconcertion showed that he knew what was to follow.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
