Meanings
- participlepastpast participle of disconcert
comparative more disconcerted · superlative most disconcerted
- Ruffled; upset and embarrassed.
1 more example
I had no consciousness in advance, either of the range or the object of his attack, and I do not know whether I was more disconcerted by the fact that the circuit of that attack covered practically the whole surface of the habitable globe, and that there was no continent in which, during the six months since Parliament last met, the conduct of Lord Salisbury has not had the censure of the right hon. Baronet. I was perhaps somewhat disconcerted at the discovery that, although I had not expected to speak at all, I should have in reply to cover so wide an area; but still more disconcerted was I to find taht the whole speech of the right hon. Baronet was practically an unconcealed attack upon Russia and France.
1898 February 8, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, “Address in Commons”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report; ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 53, page 136 - Self-consciously distressed.
Although he voiced his honest convictions, Oakes regretted this the moment he had spoken. His plan was to avoid antagonizing the Olivers, as far as possible, but this yelling member of the family disconcerted him. There was likely to be little opportunity for argument and reason.
1907, Elliott Flower, “The Noisy Oliver”, in The Reader: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume 10, Reader Publishing Company, page 309 - Frustrated and disarranged.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto konsternita, konsternita
- konsternitaruffled, upset and embarrassed
- konsternitaself-consciously distressed
German verwirrt, in Verlegenheit gebracht
- verwirrtruffled, upset and embarrassed
- in Verlegenheit gebrachtruffled, upset and embarrassed
- durcheinandergebrachtself-consciously distressed
- verdutztself-consciously distressed
- befremdetself-consciously distressed
- verwirrtfrustrated and disarranged
- betroffenfrustrated and disarranged
- durcheinandergebrachtfrustrated and disarranged
- aus der Fassung gebrachtfrustrated and disarranged
- aus der Fassung geratenfrustrated and disarranged
Portuguese desconcertado, desconcertado
- desconcertadoruffled, upset and embarrassed
- desconcertadoself-consciously distressed
- desconcertadofrustrated and disarranged
Spanish desconcertado, desconcertado
- desconcertadoruffled, upset and embarrassed
- desconcertadoself-consciously distressed
- desconcertadofrustrated and disarranged
Cite this entry
disconcerted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconcerted
“disconcerted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disconcerted. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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