disconcert Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb cause to feel embarrassment
flurry; confuse; put off.
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
verb cause to lose one's composure
untune; discompose; upset; discomfit.

Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. déconcerter.

imperfect & past participle Disconcerted; present participle & verbal noun Disconcerting

To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.
The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.
Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.