disconcert
verb🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/
🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disconcert | 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/ 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrt/ |
| he / she / it disconcerts | 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːts/ 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrts/ |
| past simple disconcerted | 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪd/ |
| past participle disconcerted | 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪd/ 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form disconcerting | 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːrtɪŋ/ |
- disconcert somebody
to make somebody feel anxious, confused or embarrassed 使不安；使困惑；使尴尬 Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘upset the progress of’): from obsolete French desconcerter, from des- (expressing reversal) + concerter ‘bring together’.