Thesaurus / disconcert
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He faced me very sharply, as though to disconcert me by the suddenness of his question.
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDGary then had the course altered to disconcert the aim of the corvette, which soon after ceased firing.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNHe was never intimidated by the rougher element, and his eyes were of a kind that would disconcert nine men out of ten.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEMy retreat to Montmorency seemed to disconcert Madam d'Epinay; probably she did not expect it.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J. J. ROUSSEAU, COMPLETEJEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAUThat this dark-haired lady was not at the Hôtel de l'Europe did not disconcert Verdayne very much.
HIGH NOONANONYMOUSNow, to have thrown a hot goose on a lady's lap would disconcert most people, but the gentleman in question was not disconcerted.
CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL, NO. 451VARIOUSShe sought to distress and disconcert me, and to raise in your mind a doubt of my motives and my story.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTLady Maresfield had been prepared for the plural number, and she was a woman whom it took many plurals to disconcert.
THE REAL THING AND OTHER TALESHENRY JAMESSomething about the captains smile seemed to disconcert her.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDI thought as I was to play first I should be able to disconcert her.
MARION BERKLEYELIZABETH B. COMINSWORDS RELATED TO DISCONCERT
- amaze
- astound
- awe
- bewilder
- blow away
- bowl over
- cause wonder
- confound
- confuse
- consternate
- daze
- dazzle
- discomfit
- disconcert
- dismay
- dumbfound
- electrify
- flabbergast
- floor
- jar
- jolt
- leave aghast
- leave open-mouthed
- nonplus
- overwhelm
- perplex
- petrify
- rattle
- rock
- shake up
- shock
- spring something on
- stagger
- startle
- strike dumb
- strike with awe
- stun
- stupefy
- take aback
- take one's breath away
- throw a curve
- unsettle
- amazes
- astounds
- awes
- bewilders
- blows away
- bowls over
- causes wonder
- confounds
- confuses
- consternates
- dazes
- dazzles
- discomfits
- disconcerts
- dismays
- dumbfounds
- electrifies
- flabbergasts
- floors
- jars
- jolts
- leaves aghast
- leaves open-mouthed
- nonpluses
- overwhelms
- perplexes
- petrifies
- rattles
- rocks
- shakes up
- shocks
- springs something on
- staggers
- startles
- strike dumb
- strikes with awe
- stuns
- stupefies
- takes aback
- takes one's breath away
- throws a curve
- unsettles
- bucked
- cantered
- confused
- disconcerted
- fell over
- foundered
- frolicked
- hopped
- lapsed
- loped
- lost balance
- lost footed
- lurched
- made a faux pas
- miscalculated
- missteped
- pitched
- played
- plunged
- skipped
- slid
- slipped
- slipped on
- slipped up
- sprang
- sprawled
- stumbled
- threw off
- toppled
- tumbled
- unsettled
- went headlong
- went wrong
- afflict
- agitate
- ail
- annoy
- bug
- burden
- burn up
- concern
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- disoblige
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- drive up the wall
- flip out
- fret
- get to
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grieve
- harass
- harry
- impose on
- inconvenience
- irk
- irritate
- make a fuss
- make a scene
- make waves
- pain
- perplex
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- psych
- put out
- sadden
- spook
- stir up
- strain
- stress
- torment
- try
- upset
- vex
- agitate
- bewilder
- bowl over
- buffalo
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disarm
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- fluster
- frighten
- get to
- give a turn
- needle
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ride
- sap
- shake
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- uncalm
- undermine
- unhinge
- unsettle
- weaken
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