MEANING
To unsettle someone by disrupting their expectations or composure.
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Words that belong together
- disconcert a visitor
- disconcerted by the answer
- a disconcerting pause
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The guard’s warm welcome disconcerted her after the threats she had received.
A sudden silence disconcerted the speaker.
His precise knowledge of her route disconcerted her more than his appearance.
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Word forms
- Base
- disconcert / disconcerts
- Past tense
- disconcerted
- Past participle
- disconcerted
- Present participle
- disconcerting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disconcert / disconcerts
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disconcerting
- Present perfect
- have/has disconcerted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disconcerting
- Past
- disconcerted
- Past continuous
- was/were disconcerting
- Past perfect
- had disconcerted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disconcerting
- Future
- will disconcert / disconcerts
- Future continuous
- will be disconcerting
- Future perfect
- will have disconcerted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disconcerting
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Usage notes
Primary category: fear. Often mixes uncertainty, embarrassment, and mild apprehension; not necessarily danger or terror. Verb forms (base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing): disconcert, disconcerts, disconcerted, disconcerted, disconcerting.
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