disconcert
verb (used with object)
to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle.
had disconcerted
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past perfectof disconcert.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But she did answer, and answered with that bold defiant air which at first had disconcerted her aunt.
From Nina Balatka by Anthony Trollope
The involuntary surprise had disconcerted the intentional ones.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
The alliance of England and France had disconcerted the first scheme.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by James Anthony Froude
It had disconcerted her to find Margery there, but she managed to get along.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
The suddenness of Silk’s disclosure and the strange way in which it had been followed up had disconcerted him.
From The Willoughby Captains by Talbot Baines Reed
