disconcert

Disconcert is defined as to embarrass or frustrate.

(verb)

An example of disconcert is for a person to upset her best friend by telling her secret to everyone.

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See disconcert in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to frustrate (plans, etc.)
  2. to upset the composure of; embarrass; confuse

Origin: OFr desconcerter: see dis- & concert

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See disconcert in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs
  1. To upset the self-possession of; ruffle. See Synonyms at embarrass.
  2. To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French disconcerter

Origin: , from Old French desconcerter

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + concerter, to bring into agreement (from Old Italian concertare; see concert)

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  • disˌcon·certˈing·ly adverb

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