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UK
/dˌɪskənsˈɜːtɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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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
How To Use disconcerted In A Sentence
- Clara looked momentarily disconcerted but wasn't about to concede defeat after upbraiding Nicholas a moment before.
- looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted
- But since she'd considered herself relatively fit, she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time.
- The hostile gang was temporarily disconcerted by the manoeuvre, then it dashed from the train in pursuit. Chapter 42
- The ambassador was clearly disconcerted by the British reaction.
- Expecting the idiosyncratic, the bizarre, possibly the androgyne, they were disconcerted when confronted with what THE IMAGE OF LAURA
- 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
- Others, shaping to play defensively, were beaten by turn and Steve Kirby was disconcerted by a ball that spun the other way.
- 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
- He would have disconcerted the foreign powers, augmented his popularity, centuplicated his forces: but on the first of June it was too late: the additional act had appeared. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II