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English Dictionary: disconcerted	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disconcerted adj having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw Synonym(s): discombobulated, disconcerted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disconcert \Dis`concert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted* the plans of his enemy. 2. 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.