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Meaning of "disconcert" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISCONCERT

disconcert  [ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCONCERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disconcert is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb disconcert in English.

WHAT DOES DISCONCERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disconcert in the English dictionary

The definition of disconcert in the dictionary is to disturb the composure of. Other definition of disconcert is to frustrate or upset.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCONCERT

PRESENT

Present
I disconcert
you disconcert
he/she/it disconcerts
we disconcert
you disconcert
they disconcert
Present continuous
I am disconcerting
you are disconcerting
he/she/it is disconcerting
we are disconcerting
you are disconcerting
they are disconcerting
Present perfect
I have disconcerted
you have disconcerted
he/she/it has disconcerted
we have disconcerted
you have disconcerted
they have disconcerted
Present perfect continuous
I have been disconcerting
you have been disconcerting
he/she/it has been disconcerting
we have been disconcerting
you have been disconcerting
they have been disconcerting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I disconcerted
you disconcerted
he/she/it disconcerted
we disconcerted
you disconcerted
they disconcerted
Past continuous
I was disconcerting
you were disconcerting
he/she/it was disconcerting
we were disconcerting
you were disconcerting
they were disconcerting
Past perfect
I had disconcerted
you had disconcerted
he/she/it had disconcerted
we had disconcerted
you had disconcerted
they had disconcerted
Past perfect continuous
I had been disconcerting
you had been disconcerting
he/she/it had been disconcerting
we had been disconcerting
you had been disconcerting
they had been disconcerting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will disconcert
you will disconcert
he/she/it will disconcert
we will disconcert
you will disconcert
they will disconcert
Future continuous
I will be disconcerting
you will be disconcerting
he/she/it will be disconcerting
we will be disconcerting
you will be disconcerting
they will be disconcerting
Future perfect
I will have disconcerted
you will have disconcerted
he/she/it will have disconcerted
we will have disconcerted
you will have disconcerted
they will have disconcerted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been disconcerting
you will have been disconcerting
he/she/it will have been disconcerting
we will have been disconcerting
you will have been disconcerting
they will have been disconcerting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would disconcert
you would disconcert
he/she/it would disconcert
we would disconcert
you would disconcert
they would disconcert
Conditional continuous
I would be disconcerting
you would be disconcerting
he/she/it would be disconcerting
we would be disconcerting
you would be disconcerting
they would be disconcerting
Conditional perfect
I would have disconcert
you would have disconcert
he/she/it would have disconcert
we would have disconcert
you would have disconcert
they would have disconcert
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been disconcerting
you would have been disconcerting
he/she/it would have been disconcerting
we would have been disconcerting
you would have been disconcerting
they would have been disconcerting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you disconcert
we let´s disconcert
you disconcert
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to disconcert
Past participle
disconcerted
Present Participle
disconcerting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISCONCERT


assert
əˈsɜːt
cert
sɜːt
concert
ˈkɒnsɜːt
dissert
dɪˈsɜːt
exsert
ɛkˈsɜːt
insert
ɪnˈsɜːt
intersert
ˈɪntəˌsɜːt
navicert
ˈnævɪˌsɜːt
outsert
ˈaʊtˌsɜːt
overassert
ˌəʊvərəˈsɜːt
preconcert
ˌpriːkɒnˈsɜːt
preinsert
ˌpriːɪnˈsɜːt
reassert
ˌriːəˈsɜːt
reinsert
ˌriːɪnˈsɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISCONCERT

discomycetous
disconcerted
disconcertedly
disconcertedness
disconcerting
disconcertingly
disconcertion
disconcertment
disconfirm
disconfirmation
disconformable
disconformities
disconformity
disconnect
disconnected
disconnectedly
disconnectedness
disconnecter
disconnection
disconnective

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISCONCERT

advert
albert
benefit concert
convert
covert
desert
dessert
expert
gilbert
Herbert
in concert
lambert
on the alert
pop concert
postconcert
promenade concert
Robert
Rupert
vert
wert

Synonyms and antonyms of disconcert in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISCONCERT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disconcert» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disconcert

Translation of «disconcert» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISCONCERT

Find out the translation of disconcert to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disconcert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disconcert» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

搅乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desconcertar
570 millions of speakers

English

disconcert
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घबराना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يربك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

замешательство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desconcertar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুণ্ঠিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déconcerter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengeluh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beirren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

混乱させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤집다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bingung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hổn loạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinirlendirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconcertare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dysonansu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

замішання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tulbura
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγχύζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veld geslaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disconcert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disconcert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disconcert

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONCERT»

The term «disconcert» is regularly used and occupies the 91.165 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISCONCERT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «disconcert» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «disconcert» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disconcert

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCONCERT»

Discover the use of disconcert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disconcert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO BAFFLE, DEFEAT, DISCONCERT, CONFOUND. BAFFLE, in French baffler, from baffle an ox, signifies to lead by the nose as an ox, that is, to amuse or disappoint. DEFEAT, in French defait, participle of defaire, is compounded of the  ...
George Crabb, 1846
2
English synonymes, explained in alphabet. order
TO BAFFLE, DEFEAT, DISCONCERT, CONFOUND. BAFFLE, in French baffler, from buffle an ox, signifies to lead by the nose as an ox, that is, to amuse or disappoint. DEFEAT, in French dtjait, participle of defaire, is compounded of the ...
George Crabb, 1864
3
English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
TO DISORDER, DERANGE, DISCONCERT, DISCOMPOSE. Disorder signifies to put out of order; derange, from de and range or rank, signifies to put out of the rank in which it was placed; disconcert, to put out of the concert or harmony; ...
George Crabb, 1826
4
English synonymes, with copious illustrations and ...
... disconcert, discompose 280 ГО DISCONCERT— to baffle, defeat, disconcert, confound 143 ГО DISCONCERT— to disorder, derange, disconcert, discomiiose toi ff TO DISCONTINUE— to cease, leave off, discontinue, dosist 257 DISCOtlD ...
George Crabb, 1854
5
English synonymes: Explained in alphabetical order
“thing. is badly done ; an ill-judged scheme, an I'M—contrived measure , an ill— disposed person. T0 BAFFLE, DEFEAT, DISCONCERT. CONFOUND. BAFFLE, in French baffier , from buffle an ox, signifies to lead by the nose as an ox, that is,  ...
George Crabb, J. H. Hedley, 1839
6
English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
T0 DISORDER, DBRANGE, DISCONCERT, DISCOMPOSEDISORDER. signifies to put out of order. DERANGE, from de and range or rank, siflnifies to put out of the rank in wliidh it was placed. DISCONCERT signifies to put out of the concert or ...
George Crabb, 1818
7
English synonymes explained with illustrations and exemples ...
TO BAFFLE, DEFEAT, DISCONCERT, CONFOUNDBAFFLE, in French bqfller, from buflle an ox, signifies to lead by the nose as an ox, that is, to "amuse or disappoint. -BAFFLE. 137 ' DEFEAT, in French defait, participle of defuire, ...
George Crabb, 1824
8
Power Verbs: The Complete Collection
(2) confuse or disconcert; frustrate; upset (2) “The imagery of the writer's helps to demonstrate Houdini's ability to discombobulate rationalthought, even after a century.” —Edward Rothstein, “UpsideDown King as Art Muse,” New YorkTimes,  ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
9
Manifold Utopia: The Novels of Janet Frame
"Janet Frame and the Disconcert in the Reader's Mind." in Imagination and the Creative Impulse in the New Literatures in English, ed. Maria Teresa Bindella & Geoffrey V. Davis 1Cross /Cultures 9; Amsterdam & Atlanta GA: Rodopi. 1993): 204 ...
Marc Delrez, 2002
10
English Synonymes
Derange and disconcert are employed inspeplnng of such things as have been put into an artificial order. To derongs is to disorder thatwhich has been systematically arranged, or put in a certain range ; and to disconcert is to disorder that ...
G. Crabb

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCONCERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disconcert is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Birmingham reduces recycling target as rate falls - letsrecycle.com
The document, which was presented to the council's cabinet last week (June 29), is likely to disconcert officials at Defra – which hopes to meet ... «letsrecycle.com, Jul 15»
2
Volodymyr Ishchenko: Ukraine's Maidan mythologies | Links …
... as he puts it; he can even contemplate Kiev cutting the Donbas loose, which might disconcert Moscow—though he quickly adds that the West would oppose it, ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
3
10 Productive Lifestyle Hacks from the World's Most Successful People
They are very difficult to disconcert and are generally not fazed by the fresh problem of the day. We can attribute some of this to a center that ... «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»
4
Ashes 2015 without sledging will lack flavour
Vicious deliveries are backed with a few words by the bowlers that further disconcert the batsmen. Sledging serves more purposes than one. «Cricket Country, Jun 15»
5
Music Review: Kevin Jenkins – 'Til the Story's Told'
The only thing that might disconcert some is the keyboard, seconds-long ending to the track that comes off a little unnecessary and somewhat ... «Blogcritics, Jun 15»
6
Danish String Quarter classic music review: adventurous and …
Rather as Beethoven fashioned original structures from common- place materials but forging them anew, so Nielsen was unafraid to disconcert ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
7
Dylann Roof's racist manifesto found: Niggers are stupid and violent.
... causing disconcert at a shopping mall when he took to asking disconcerting questions about the particular coming and going of employees. «scallywagandvagabond, Jun 15»
8
OPINION: Truth, power and the hidden political battles
With Mantashe already on the backfoot, Malema's statement will disconcert him further and cause more fear and instability in the ANC and the ... «Eyewitness News, Jun 15»
9
Apple Retail Employees Up In Arms against Multiple Checking of …
In a move that is sure to disconcert the Cupertino based technology giant, two Apple Inc retail employees have filed a class action suit against ... «Northern Californian, Jun 15»
10
Stephen King: By the Book
I like straight novels if the subject looks interesting. Questions like this disconcert me, because I'm sort of an omnivore, apt to go from the latest ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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