Definitions
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- verb Past participle of
disconcert - adjective
Ruffled ,upset andembarrassed - adjective
Self-consciously distressed - adjective
Frustrated anddisarranged
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- adjective having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
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Examples
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Odo smiled without teeth, knowing that the expression disconcerted the Farruna.
Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000
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This again disconcerted me; and the spirits I had determined to exert, again failed me.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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Anyway, something about the call disconcerted me, and it took me a while to realize what it was ...
Young Philly Politics - Progressive, Young, Philadelphia Politics, from Small to Big. 2009
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Galligan said last week he was "disconcerted" by Lieberman's statement at a Thursday news conference that effectively declared Hasan guilty of the shootings.
Senate committee subpoenas gov't over Fort Hood shooting 2010
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Galligan said last week he was "disconcerted" by Lieberman's statement at a Thursday news conference that effectively declared Hasan guilty of the shootings.
Senate committee subpoenas gov't over Fort Hood shooting 2010
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Mediaset, however, said it is "disconcerted" by the commission's decision and will appeal at the European Court of Justice.
EU Clears Sky Italia's Entry Into Free Digital TV Market 2010
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Any husband who would be "disconcerted" by having a wife capable of finding interesting and original things to say to people would be way too insecure and twat-like to pull such a social competent in the first place.
What blokes say Ms Robinson 2008
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The writer claims to have been initially "disconcerted" by LB's remarks but now applauds them.
More about Laura talking dirty. Ann Althouse 2005
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There's no cause to be "disconcerted" by this, and neither is there any reason to obscure the real uncertainties and open questions that scientists are working on.
RealClimate 2009
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There's no cause to be "disconcerted" by this, and neither is there any reason to obscure the real uncertainties and open questions that scientists are working on.
RealClimate 2009
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