disconcert

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verb

1. cause to feel embarrassment
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
• Syn:
confuse, flurry, put off
• Derivationally related forms:
disconcertment, disconcertion, confusion (for: confuse)
• Hypernyms:
embarrass, abash
• Hyponyms:
fluster, bother, distract, deflect
• Verb Group:
confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle,
bedevil, confound, discombobulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will disconcert him
2. cause to lose one's composure
• Syn:
upset, discompose, untune, discomfit
• Derivationally related forms:
discomfiture (for: discomfit), disconcertment, disconcertion, discomposure (for: discompose), upset (for: upset)
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle, dissolve,
bewilder, bemuse, discombobulate, throw, embarrass, abash,
pain, anguish, hurt, afflict
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to disconcert Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  upset, discompose, untune, discomfit, confuse, flurry, put off